مَاتَ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَلَدٌ فَحَضَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَلَمَّا أُلْحِدَ تَقَدَّمَ أَبُوهُ فَطَرَحَ عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) بِكَفَّيْهِ وَ قَالَ لَا تَطْرَحْ عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ وَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْهُ ذَا رَحِمٍ فَلَا يَطْرَحْ عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) نَهَى أَنْ يَطْرَحَ الْوَالِدُ أَوْ ذُو رَحِمٍ عَلَى مَيِّتِهِ التُّرَابَ فَقُلْنَا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَ تَنْهَانَا عَنْ هَذَا وَحْدَهُ فَقَالَ أَنْهَاكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ تَطْرَحُوا التُّرَابَ عَلَى ذَوِي أَرْحَامِكُمْ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُورِثُ الْقَسْوَةَ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَ مَنْ قَسَا قَلْبُهُ بَعُدَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara who said, ‘A son of one of the companions of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> died. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> attended (the funeral). So when he (the deceased) was placed in the chasm (<span class="iTxt">Lahad</span>), he<sup>asws</sup> spread soil upon him. Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> grabbed with his palm and said: ‘None should spread the soil upon him, one who was a close relative of his, for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> forbade the parent, or one with womb relationships to spread soil upon the deceased’. So we said, ‘O son<sup>asws</sup> of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! Are you<sup>asws</sup> forbidding us from this (deceased) alone?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> am forbidding you all from spreading the souil upon your near relatives, for that would inherit the hardness in the hearts, and the one who is hard of heart is remote from his Lord<sup>azwj</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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