Al-Kafi 4735

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Zureys Al Kunasy who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far^asws that the people are mentioning that our (river) Euphrates comes out from the Paradise. So how can it be so and it is flowing from the west and there pour into it the springs and (it flows by) the valleys?’ So Abu Ja’far^asws said, and I heard it, that: ‘For Allah^azwj is a garden which Allah^azwj Created in the west, and the water of your Euphrates comes out from it, and to it go (for outing) the souls of the Believers from their pits (graves) during each evening. So they fall upon its fruits and eat from it, and they are in bliss therein, and they meet and recognise each other. So when the dawn emerges, they break out from the garden, so they are in the atmosphere in what is between the sky and the earth, flying around, going and coming, and return to their graves when the sun emerges, meeting each other in the atmosphere and introducing each other’. He^asws said: ‘And for Allah^azwj there is a fire in the east which He^azwj Created to Settle therein the souls of the Infidels, and they are eating from its bitter fruits and are drinking from its boiling water during their night. So when the dawn emerges, they break out to the valley in Al-Yemen called Barhout, which is more intense in heat than the fires of the world. Therein they are meeting and recognising each other. So when it is the evening, they are returning to the fire. Thus, they would be like that up to the Day of Judgement’. He (the narrator) said, I said, ‘May Allah^azwj Keep you^asws well! So what is the state of the Monotheist, the acknowledger with the Prophet-hood of Muhammad^saww, from the (general) Muslims, the sinners, who are dying and there is no Imam^asws for them, nor are they recognising your^asws Wilayah?’ So he^asws said: ‘As for them, so they would be in their graves, not coming out from these. So the one from them who had righteous deeds for him, and there does not appear from him enmity (towards us^asws), so a furrow would be grooved out for them to the garden which Allah^azwj has Created in the west. So there would come over to them the breeze from it into his grave up to the Day of Judgement, and he would meet Allah^azwj, and He^azwj would Reckon him by his good deeds and his evil deeds. So either they would go to the Paradise or they would go to the Fire, as they would be pausing for the Command of Allah^azwj. And similar to that will Allah^azwj Deal with the weak ones (of understanding), and the foolish, and the children, and the children of the Muslims who did not reach the puberty. So as for the Hostile ones (<span class="iTxt">Nasibis</span>) from the people of the Qiblah (general Muslims), so a furrow would be grooved for them to the fire which Allah^azwj has Created in the east. So there would come over to them, from it, the flames, and the sparks, and the smoke, and bursts of boiling water, up to the Day of Judgement. Then their destination would be to the boiling water, then into the Fire to be heated up. Then it would be said to them: ‘Wherever you were you were calling from besides Allah^azwj. Where is your imam whom you were taking to besides the Imam^asws whom Allah^azwj Made to be for the people as an Imam^asws?’.

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