Al-Kafi 4461

Translation

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zurara who said, ‘I was with Abu Ja’far^asws during a funeral of one of his^asws relatives. So when he^asws had Prayed <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over the deceased, his guardian said to Abu Ja’far^asws, ‘Return, O Abu Ja’far^asws, having been Recompensed, and do not tire (yourself^asws) because you^asws are too weak to walk’. So I said to Abu Ja’far^asws, ‘There is permission for you^asws with regards to the returning, so return, and for me is a need which I want to ask you^asws about it’. So Abu Ja’far^asws said to me: ‘But rather it is a merit and there is a Recompense, therefore he who is able upon walking with the coffin would be Recompensed in accordance with that which he had walked. So, as for his permission, so it was not with his permission that we came over, and it is not with his permission that we would return’.

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