أَصَابَ النَّاسَ بِمَكَّةَ سَنَةً مِنَ السِّنِينَ صَوَاعِقُ كَثِيرَةٌ مَاتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ مُبْتَدِئاً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ يَنْبَغِي لِلْغَرِيقِ وَ الْمَصْعُوقِ أَنْ يُتَرَبَّصَ بِهِ ثَلَاثاً لَا يُدْفَنُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَجِيءَ مِنْهُ رِيحٌ تَدُلُّ عَلَى مَوْتِهِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَأَنَّكَ تُخْبِرُنِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ دُفِنَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ أَحْيَاءً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا عَلِيُّ قَدْ دُفِنَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ أَحْيَاءً مَا مَاتُوا إِلَّا فِي قُبُورِهِمْ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Mihran, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘The people at Makkah were hit by a lot of lightning during a year from the year. A lot of people died from that. So I went over to Abu Ibrahim<sup>asws</sup> (7<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>), and he<sup>asws</sup> said initiating from without me asking him<sup>asws</sup>: ‘It is befitting for the drowned one and the one struck by lightning that they should be awaited with for three (days) not being buried exept if a smell comes out from him evidencing upon his death’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! It is as if you<sup>asws</sup> are informing me that a lot of the people have been buried alive!’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, O Ali! A lot of people have been buried alive. They did not died except inside their graves’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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