قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْأَطْفَالِ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغُوا فَقَالَ سُئِلَ عَنْهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا عَنَى بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا عَنَى كُفُّوا عَنْهُمْ وَ لَا تَقُولُوا فِيهِمْ شَيْئاً وَ رُدُّوا عِلْمَهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding the children who died before they reached adulthood?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was asked about them, so he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is more Knowing with what they were doing’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> turned towards me, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Zurara! Do you know what is the meaning of what Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said?’ I said, ‘No’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But rather it means pause from them and do not be saying anything regarding them, and refer their knowledge to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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