The Sufficient (Vol 3) · Hadith 651 (#Ḥadīth #3)

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ حَضَرَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) جَنَازَةَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ وَكَانَ فِيهَا عَطَاءٌ فَصَرَخَتْ صَارِخَةٌ فَقَالَ عَطَاءٌ لَتَسْكُتِنَّ أَوْ لَنَرْجِعَنَّ قَالَ فَلَمْ تَسْكُتْ فَرَجَعَ عَطَاءٌ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) إِنَّ عَطَاءً قَدْ رَجَعَ قَالَ وَلِمَ قُلْتُ صَرَخَتْ هَذِهِ الصَّارِخَةُ فَقَالَ لَهَا لَتَسْكُتِنَّ أَوْ لَنَرْجِعَنَّ فَلَمْ تَسْكُتْ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ امْضِ بِنَا فَلَوْ أَنَّا إِذَا رَأَيْنَا شَيْئاً مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ مَعَ الْحَقِّ تَرَكْنَا لَهُ الْحَقَّ لَمْ نَقْضِ حَقَّ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ قَالَ وَلِيُّهَا لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) ارْجِعْ مَأْجُوراً رَحِمَكَ الله فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَقْوَى عَلَى الْمَشْيِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَرْجِعَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ قَدْ أَذِنَ لَكَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ وَلِي حَاجَةٌ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ امْضِ فَلَيْسَ بِإِذْنِهِ جِئْنَا وَلاَ بِإِذْنِهِ نَرْجِعُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ فَضْلٌ وَأَجْرٌ طَلَبْنَاهُ فَبِقَدْرِ مَا يَتْبَعُ الْجَنَازَةَ الرَّجُلُ يُؤْجَرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has said the following: “Once abu Ja’far , joined a funeral procession for a man from Quraysh while I was with him. ‘ Ata’ (ibn Rabah) was also there. A woman began to cry loudly. ‘ Ata’ said, ‘You should calm down or I must leave.’ She did not calm down and ‘Ata’ returned. I then said to abu Ja’far , that ’Ata’ has returned.’ He asked, ‘Why did he do so?’ I said, ‘A woman began to cry loudly. ‘Ata’ asked her, “Calm down or I return.” She did not calm down thus he returned.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Allow us to continue. If we saw falsehood alongside the truth and for that reason returned, we would not be yielding to the rights of a Muslim.’ The narrator has said, ‘When prayer for the deceased was performed, the guardian of the deceased came to abu Ja’far , and said, “Please return home. May Allah grant you good rewards and favors for your efforts. You are not strong enough to walk.’” The Imam refused to return. I then said, ‘He has given you permission to return. I need something and I want to ask you about it.’ He said, ‘Allow us to continue. We did not join the funeral procession by his permission, nor will we return by his permission. It is a matter of virtue and reward we seek, and such reward is proportionate to the amount of walking in the procession.’”

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