سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) عَنِ الْأَطْفَالِ فَقَالَ قَدْ سُئِلَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ هَلْ تَدْرِي قَوْلَهُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ لِلَّهِ فِيهِمُ الْمَشِيئَةُ إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْأَطْفَالَ وَ الَّذِي مَاتَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي الْفَتْرَةِ وَ الشَّيْخَ الْكَبِيرَ الَّذِي أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ هُوَ لَا يَعْقِلُ وَ الْأَصَمَّ وَ الْأَبْكَمَ الَّذِي لَا يَعْقِلُ وَ الْمَجْنُونَ وَ الْأَبْلَهَ الَّذِي لَا يَعْقِلُ وَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَحْتَجُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَيَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَيُؤَجِّجُ لَهُمْ نَاراً ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكاً فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَثِبُوا فِيهَا فَمَنْ دَخَلَهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ بَرْداً وَ سَلَاماً وَ أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا دَخَلَ النَّارَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Was Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> asked about the children?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He<sup>saww</sup> had been asked, so he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is more Knowing with what they were doing’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Zurara! Do you know (the meaning of) his<sup>saww</sup> words: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is more Knowing with what they were doing?’ I said, ‘No’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘For Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is a Volition for them. When it will be the Day of Judgement, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic will Gather the children, and those from the people that died in the era (in between one Prophet<sup>as</sup> and the next), and the aged old man who saw the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> and he did not have the intellect, and the deaf, and the mute who could not understand, and the insane, and the foolish who did not understand, and every one of them with an argument against Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic . So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Send to them an Angel from the Angels, so it would inflame a fire for them. Then He<sup>azwj</sup> would Send to them an Angel and it would be saying to them: ‘Your Lord<sup>azwj</sup> is Commanding you all that you leap into it’. So the one who enters it, it would be a coolness for him and a safety, and would enter the Paradise; and the one who stays behind from it would enter the Fire’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
Source
License: Free for educational and research use (Thaqalayn Data API)
Provided for research and educational purposes. Original source: Thaqalayn Project. Open License.