سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ يَزُورُ أَهْلَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ فِي كَمْ يَزُورُ قَالَ فِي الْجُمْعَةِ وَ فِي الشَّهْرِ وَ فِي السَّنَةِ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَنْزِلَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ يَأْتِيهِمْ قَالَ فِي صُورَةِ طَائِرٍ لَطِيفٍ يَسْقُطُ عَلَى جُدُرِهِمْ وَ يُشْرِفُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِنْ رَآهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ فَرِحَ وَ إِنْ رَآهُمْ بِشَرٍّ وَ حَاجَةٍ حَزِنَ وَ اغْتَمَّ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> the 1<sup>st</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the deceased visiting his family. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. So I said, ‘In how many visitations?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘(Once) during the Friday, and (once) during the month, and (once) during the year, in accordance with his status’. So I said, ‘In which image does he come over to them?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘In the image of a nice bird, falling upon their walls, and looking upon them. So if he sees them with goodness, he is happy; and if he sees them with evil and needy, he is with grief and gloom’.
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