Al-Kafi 4463

Translation

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zurara who said, ‘Abu Ja’far^asws attended a funeral of a man from Qureysh and I was with him^asws, and Ata’a was in it. So a woman shrieked, and Ata’a said in order to calm her, ‘Or should we return?’ But she did not calm down, so Ata’a returned. So I said to Abu Ja’far^asws, ‘Ata’a has returned’. He^asws said: ‘And why?’ I said, ‘This woman shrieked, so he said to her, ‘Will you calm down or should we return?’ But she did not calm down, so he returned. So he^asws said: ‘Come with us^asws, so if we^asws were to see something from the falsehood along with the Truth, we^asws leave the right for it, we^asws would not be fulfilling a right of a Muslim’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So when he^asws had prayed <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over the deceased, his guardian said to Abu Ja’far^asws, ‘Return, having been Recompensed, may Allah^azwj have Mercy on you^asws, for you^asws are not strong enough upon the walking’. But he^asws refused to return. So I said to him^asws, ‘He has permitted for you^asws with regards to the returning, and for me there is a need which I want to ask you^asws about it’. So he^asws said: ‘Continue (with what we are doing), for it is not with his permission that we came, and it is not with his permission that we would be returning. But rather, it is a merit, and there is a Recompense we are seeking, for it is in accordance with what the man follows a coffin that he would be Recompensed upon that’.

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