قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ النَّاسَ يُكَلِّمُونَا وَ يَرُدُّونَ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلَنَا إِنَّهُ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَى الطِّفْلِ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُصَلِّ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا يُصَلَّى إِلَّا عَلَى مَنْ صَلَّى فَنَقُولُ نَعَمْ فَيَقُولُونَ أَ رَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا نَصْرَانِيّاً أَوْ يَهُودِيّاً أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ مِنْ سَاعَتِهِ فَمَا الْجَوَابُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ قُولُوا لَهُمْ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ هَذَا الَّذِي أَسْلَمَ السَّاعَةَ ثُمَّ افْتَرَى عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ مَا كَانَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ فِي فِرْيَتِهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ سَيَقُولُونَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ فَإِذَا قَالُوا هَذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَلَوْ أَنَّ هَذَا الصَّبِيَّ الَّذِي لَمْ يُصَلِّ افْتَرَى عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ هَلْ كَانَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ فَإِنَّهُمْ سَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ صَدَقْتُمْ إِنَّمَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يُصَلَّى عَلَى مَنْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ الْحُدُودُ وَ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ تَجِبْ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ لَا الْحُدُودُ.
Translation
Ali, from Ali Bin Saheyra, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Husayn Al Harshous, from Hisham Bin Salim who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The people are speaking against us and are refuting our words that <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> is not to be prayed upon the childen because they did no pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span>, except upon the ones who did pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span>. So we are saying, Yes’. So they are saying, ‘What is your view if a Christian or a Jewish man were to become a Muslim, then dies at that time, what would be the answer with regards to it?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Say to them, ‘What is your view if this one who did become a Muslim, then at that time were to forge a lie against a person, what (Punishment) would be Obligated upon him regarding his forgery?’ So if they would be saying, ‘The legal Punishment (Hadd) would be Obligated upon him’. So if they do say this, say to them, ‘So if this child who did not pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> were to forge a lie against a person, would the legal Punishment (Hadd) be Obligation upon him?’ So if they are saying, ‘No’, then it would be said to them, ‘You are speaking the truth. But rather, it is Obligated for him to be prayed <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon the one whom the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> and the legal Punishments were Obligated upon, and he would not be prayed <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon, the one whom neither the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> nor the legal Punishments (<span class="iTxt">Hadds</span>) were Obligated upon’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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