Hadith 323

And it is reported by Al Sadouq – Muhammad Bin Babuwayh, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Yahya Bin Salih, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar, ‘From Al-Sadiq-asws having said: ‘While Rasool-Allah-saww was in an assembly of his-saww companions, and there was a (body of a) black man being carried by four black men, wrapped in a cloak. They were going with him to his grave. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘To me-saww with the body of the black man! ’ He was placed in front of him-saww. He-saww uncovered from his face, then said to Ali-asws: ‘O Ali-asws! This is Rabah, a slave of the family of Al-Najjar! ’ Ali-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! He would not see me-asws except and he would jump happily from his sitting, and say, ‘O Ali-asws! I love you-asws! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww instructed with washing him and enshrouding him in a cloth from his-saww own clothes and prayed Salat upon him, and he-saww and the Muslims escorted him to his grave; and the people heard a severe noise in the sky. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Seventy thousand types of Angels have escorted him, each type being of seventy thousand Angels. By Allah-azwj! That cannot be achieved except by loving you-asws, O Ali-asws! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘And Rasool-Allah-saww descended him into his grave, then turned away from him, then evened the bricks upon him. His-saww companions said to him-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! We saw you-saww turnaround from the black man for a while, (then) evened the bricks upon him’. He-saww said: ‘Yes. A friend of Allah-azwj exited from the world thirsty, so his wives from the Maiden Houries rushed towards him with a drink from the Paradise, and a friend of Allah-azwj tends to be with self-esteem (Ghayra), so I-saww disliked to aggrieve him by looking at his wives, so I turned away from him’’. [169]