Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on the State of believers' Children Who Pass Away
4736 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "كَانَ عَلَى قَبْرِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَذْقٌ يُظِلُّهُ مِنَ اَلشَّمْسِ حَيْثُمَا دَارَتْ فَلَمَّا يَبِسَ اَلْعَذْقُ ذَهَبَ أَثَرُ اَلْقَبْرِ فَلَمْ يُعْلَمْ مَكَانُهُ".
Hadith.4736 - In the narration of ʿAmir ibn ʿAbdullah, he said:
I heard Abu Abdullah (as) say: "There was a palm branch (ʿadhq) over the grave of Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), that shaded it from the sun wherever it moved. When the branch dried up, the trace of the grave disappeared, and its exact location became unknown."
4737 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ لَهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْراً فَأَتَمَّ اَللَّهُ رَضَاعَهُ فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ ".
Hadith.4737 - Imam (as) said: "Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet) died at the age of eighteen months, and Allah (swt) completed his breastfeeding in Paradise."
4738 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ أَمَّا اَلْغُلاٰمُ فَكٰانَ أَبَوٰاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينٰا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمٰا طُغْيٰاناً وَ كُفْراً فَأَرَدْنٰا أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمٰا رَبُّهُمٰا خَيْراً مِنْهُ زَكٰاةً وَ أَقْرَبَ رُحْماً
قَالَ "أَبْدَلَهُمَا اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَكَانَ اَلاِبْنِ اِبْنَةً فَوُلِدَ مِنْهَا سَبْعُونَ نَبِيّاً".
Hadith.4738 - Imam (as) said regarding the words of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic:
"As for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overwhelm them with transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord (azj) should replace him for them with one better in purity and closer in affection" (Surah Al-Kahf 18:80-81),
Imam (as) said: "Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, replaced their son with a daughter, and from her were born seventy prophets."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on the State of the Children of Polytheists and Disbelievers Who Pass Away
4739 - رَوَى وَهْبُ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَوْلاَدُ اَلْمُشْرِكِينَ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ فِي اَلنَّارِ وَ أَوْلاَدُ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ ".
Hadith.4739 - Wahb ibn Wahb narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), who said that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said:
"The children of polytheists will be with their parents in the Fire, and the children of Muslims will be with their parents in Paradise."
4740 - وَ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ أَوْلاَدِ اَلْمُشْرِكِينَ يَمُوتُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغُوا اَلْحِنْثَ قَالَ "كُفَّارٌ وَ اَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ مَدَاخِلَ آبَائِهِمْ".
Hadith.4740 - Ja'far ibn Bashir narrated from Abdullah ibn Sinan who said:
I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about the children of polytheists who die before reaching the age of responsibility.
Imam (as) replied: "They are disbelievers, and Allah (swt) knows best what they would have done. They will enter the same places as their fathers."
4741 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "تُؤَجَّجُ لَهُمْ نَارٌ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمُ اُدْخُلُوهَا فَإِنْ دَخَلُوهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرْداً وَ سَلاَماً وَ إِنْ أَبَوْا قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُمْ "هُوَ ذَا أَنَا قَدْ أَمَرْتُكُمْ فَعَصَيْتُمُونِي" فَيَأْمُرُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِمْ إِلَى اَلنَّارِ".
Hadith.4741 - Imam (as) said: "A fire will be kindled for them, and it will be said to them, 'Enter it.' If they enter it, it will be cool and peaceful for them.
But if they refuse, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will say to them:
'Behold, I had commanded you, and you disobeyed Me.'
Then Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will command that they be taken to the Fire."
4742 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ اَلْقِيَامَةِ اِحْتَجَّ اَللَّهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ عَلَى اَلطِّفْلِ وَ اَلَّذِي مَاتَ بَيْنَ اَلنَّبِيِّينَ وَ اَلشَّيْخِ اَلْكَبِيرِ اَلَّذِي أَدْرَكَ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَ اَلْأَبْلَهِ وَ اَلْمَجْنُونِ اَلَّذِي لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَ اَلْأَصَمِّ وَ اَلْأَبْكَمِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَحْتَجُّ عَلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ" قَالَ "فَيَبْعَثُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولاً فَيُؤَجِّجُ لَهُمْ نَاراً فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَثِبُوا فِيهَا فَمَنْ وَثَبَ فِيهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ بَرْداً وَ سَلاَماً وَ مَنْ عَصَى سِيقَ إِلَى اَلنَّارِ".
Hadith.4742 - In the narration of Hariz from Zurara, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), that Imam (as) said:
"On the Day of Judgment, Allah (swt) will argue against seven groups: the child, the one who died between the prophets, the elderly person who reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) but did not comprehend, the simple-minded, the insane person who did not understand, the deaf, and the mute. Each one of them will present an argument before Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic."
Imam (as) said: "Then Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will send a messenger to them who will kindle a fire and say to them, 'Your Lord (azj) commands you to leap into it.'
Whoever leaps into it, it will become cool and peaceful for him, but whoever refuses will be taken to the Fire."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on Disciplining and Testing a Child
4743 - قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "دَعِ اِبْنَكَ يَلْعَبْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ يُؤَدَّبْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ أَلْزِمْهُ نَفْسَكَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فَإِنْ أَفْلَحَ وَ إِلاَّ فَإِنَّهُ مِمَّنْ لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ".
Hadith.4743 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Let your child play for seven years, then discipline him for seven years, and then keep him close to yourself for seven years. If he succeeds, then that is well; but if not, then he is among those in whom there is no good."
4744 - : وَ كَانَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَدُورُ فِي سِكَكِ اَلْأَنْصَارِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ
" عَلِيٌّ خَيْرُ اَلْبَشَرِ فَمَنْ أَبَى فَقَدْ كَفَرَ يَا مَعَاشِرَ اَلْأَنْصَارِ أَدِّبُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ عَلَى حُبِّ عَلِيٍّ فَمَنْ أَبَى فَانْظُرُوا فِي شَأْنِ أُمِّهِ".
Hadith.4744 - Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari used to walk through the streets of the Ansar in Medina, proclaiming, " Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) is the best of creation, and whoever denies it has disbelieved. O community of the Ansar, raise your children upon the love of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as). If anyone refuses, then investigate the matter of his mother."
4745 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "مَنْ وَجَدَ بَرْدَ حُبِّنَا عَلَى قَلْبِهِ فَلْيُكْثِرِ اَلدُّعَاءَ لِأُمِّهِ فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَخُنْ أَبَاهُ".
Hadith.4745 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever feels the coolness of our (Ahlulbayt (as)) love in his heart should frequently pray for his mother, for she did not betray his father."