Hadith 81

and balm, I had not seen it before that. I came to him-asws with it. He-asws enshrouded him-asws and embalmed him-asws. Then he-asws said to me: ‘Give the coffin from the cabinet’. I was too embarrassed from him-asws to be saying that there is no coffin in our possession. I entered the cabinet and found a coffin at it, I had not seen it before that. I came to him-asws with it, and he-asws made him-asws to be in it. He-asws said: ‘Come, until we pray Salat upon him-asws’. And I prayed Salat with him-asws, and the sun set, and it was the time for the Maghrib Salat. He-asws prayed the Maghrib Salat with me, and Al-Isha, and we sat down discussing. The roof split and the coffin rose. I said, ‘O my Master-asws! Al-Mamoun would be seeking me with it, so what would my excuse be? ’ He-asws said: ‘It is not upon you. It shall be returning to its place. There is one from a Prophet-as dying in the west of the earth nor a successor-as from his-as successors-as dying in its east, except Allah-azwj would Gather between the two before he-as is buried’. When there had passed from the night, half of it, or more, when the coffin returned from the roof until it settled in its place. When we had prayed the Fajr Salat, he-asws said: ‘Open the door of the room, for this tyrant is coming to you right now’. Let him know that Al-Reza-asws is free from his-asws preparation’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I went towards the door. I turned around and did not see anyone enter from any door or exit from any door, and there was Al-Mamoun having arrived. When he saw me, he said, ‘What happened with Al-Reza-asws’. I said, ‘May Allah-azwj Magnify your Recompense’. He descended and tore his clothes and poured the soil upon his head and cried for a long time. Then he said, ‘Take in his-asws preparation! ’ I said, ‘He-asws is free from it’. He said, ‘And who did that with him-asws? ’ I said, ‘A boy arrived to him-asws, I do not know him-asws except I thinking it was the son-asws of Al-Reza-asws’. He said, ‘Dig for him in the dome! ’ I said, ‘He-asws asked that you be present at the place of his-asws burial’. He said, ‘Yes’. They presented a chair and he sat upon it, and he ordered that they dig for him-asws at the door. A rock emerged. So, he ordered with digging in the right-hand side of the dome. A mound emerged. Then he ordered with that in its left-hand side. Another mound appeared. And he ordered with digging in the centre, and the digging continued. When he was free from it, I placed my hand to the lower end of the grave and spoke with the phrases. The water burst forth and the fishes appeared. I broke the crumbs for them. Then the large fish appear