رَوَى أَصْحَابُنَا أَنَّ حَدَّ الْقَبْرِ إِلَى التَّرْقُوَةِ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى الثَّدْيِ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَامَةِ الرَّجُلِ حَتَّى يُمَدَّ الثَّوْبُ عَلَى رَأْسِ مَنْ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَ أَمَّا اللَّحْدُ فَبِقَدْرِ مَا يُمْكِنُ فِيهِ الْجُلُوسُ قَالَ وَ لَمَّا حَضَرَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) الْوَفَاةُ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ فَبَقِيَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ رُفِعَ عَنْهُ الثَّوْبُ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَوْرَثَنَا الْجَنَّةَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ نَشَاءُ فَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ احْفِرُوا لِي وَ ابْلُغُوا إِلَى الرَّشْحِ قَالَ ثُمَّ مُدَّ الثَّوْبُ عَلَيْهِ فَمَاتَ ( عليه السلام ) .
Translation
Sahl Bin Ziyad said, ‘Our companions reported that a limit of the grave is up to the clavicle, and some of them said, The standing of the man until the cloth can be extended upon the head of the one who is in the grave, and as for the chasm, so it is of a measurement of what is possible to sit in. So when the death presented itself to Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, unconsciousness came over him<sup>asws</sup>, then raised the cloth from him<sup>asws</sup>, then said: ‘The Praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Who Made us<sup>asws</sup> the inheritors of the Paradise, so we<sup>asws</sup> can dwell in it wherever we<sup>asws</sup> so desire to. Thus, the best of the Recompense is for the workers’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Dig (the grave) for me<sup>asws</sup> and deliver its sprinkling (of the water)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he<sup>asws</sup> pulled the sheet upon him<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> passed away’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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