رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَطْرَحُ التُّرَابَ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ فَيُمْسِكُهُ سَاعَةً فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ يَطْرَحُهُ وَ لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَكُفٍّ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا عُمَرُ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ إِيمَاناً بِكَ وَ تَصْدِيقاً بِبَعْثِكَ هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَسْلِيماً هَكَذَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ بِهِ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Umar Bin Azina who said, ‘I saw Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> spread the soil upon the decease. So he<sup>asws</sup> withheld it for a while in his<sup>asws</sup> hand, then spread it, and he<sup>asws</sup> did not increased upon three handfulls. So I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about that, and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Umar! I<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> believe in You<sup>azwj</sup>, and ratify Your<sup>azwj</sup> Resurrection. <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h22"><a href="/books/quran:33#h22">[33:22]</a></a> This is what Allah and His Rasool promised us, and Allah and His Rasool spoke the truth </span>up to His<sup>azwj</sup> Words (<span class="ibTxt">and it only increased them in faith and</span>)<span class="ibTxt"> submission</span>’. This what Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> used to do, and by it has the Sunnah flowed’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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