إِنَّ أَبِي قَالَ لِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فِي مَرَضِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ أَدْخِلْ أُنَاساً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى أُشْهِدَهُمْ قَالَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُنَاساً مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا جَعْفَرُ إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَغَسِّلْنِي وَ كَفِّنِّي وَ ارْفَعْ قَبْرِي أَرْبَعَ أَصَابِعَ وَ رُشَّهُ بِالْمَاءِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا قُلْتُ يَا أَبَةِ لَوْ أَمَرْتَنِي بِهَذَا لَصَنَعْتُهُ وَ لَمْ تُرِدْ أَنْ أُدْخِلَ عَلَيْكَ قَوْماً تُشْهِدُهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ لَا تُنَازَعَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘My<sup>asws</sup> father said to me<sup>asws</sup> one day during his<sup>asws</sup> illness: ‘O my<sup>asws</sup> son<sup>asws</sup>! Get the people of Qureysh from the inhabitants of Al Medina to come over so that I<sup>asws</sup> can get them to bear witness’. So I<sup>asws</sup> got the people from them to come over to him<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>! When I<sup>asws</sup> pass away, so wash me<sup>asws</sup>, and enshroud me<sup>asws</sup>, and raise my<sup>asws</sup> grave to four fingers (in height), and sprinkle it with the water’. So when they went out, I<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O father<sup>asws</sup>! If you<sup>asws</sup> had instructed me<sup>asws</sup> with this, I<sup>asws</sup> would have done it, and why did you<sup>asws</sup> want the people to come over to you<sup>asws</sup>, for them to witness?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O my<sup>asws</sup> son<sup>asws</sup>! I<sup>asws</sup> wanted that there should be no dispute’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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