Hadith 255

n-asws proceeded to the bier from its rear end, and there, its front had raised, and its carrier could not be seen. And it was so, that its carriers from its front were Jibraeel-as and Mikaeel-as. It (the bier) did not pass by anything upon the surface of the earth except it bent performing Sajdah to him-asws. And the bier was brought out from what follows the Kinda door. They-asws carried its rear end and travelled following its front end. Ibn Al-Hanafiya said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I had looked at the bier and it was passing by the gardens and the palm tree, so they bent in humbleness, and it went straight to Al-Najaf to the place of his-asws grave (where it is) now. He said, ‘And Al-Kufa clamoured with the crying and the lamenting, and the women came out following it with slapping (the faces) out of regret. Al-Hassan-asws forbade them from the crying and the ululating, and returned them to their places, and Al-Husayn-asws was saying ‘There is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj, the Exalted, the Magnificent! We are for Allah-azwj and are returning to Him-azwj! O father-asws! Oh breaking of the back! From your-asws reason I-asws learnt to cry! To Allah-azwj is the complaint! ’
When it ended to his-asws grave, and there, the front end of the bier had been placed down, so Al-Hassan-asws placed down its rear end. Then Al-Hassan-asws stood and prayed Salat upon him-asws, and the congregation was behind him-asws. He-asws exclaimed seven Takbeers like what his-asws father-asws had instructed him-asws to do. Then we moved aside his-asws bier and we uncovered the soil, and there, we were with a pre-dug grave and a tomb hollowed out, and a transfixed tablet. It was inscribed upon it: “This is what the Prophet Noah-as has treasured for the righteous servant, the clean, the purified”. When they-asws wanted to descend him-asws, they heard a caller saying: ‘Descend him-asws to the clean soil, for the beloved is desirous to the beloved! ’ The people were aghast at that and they were confused. And Amir Al-Momineen-asws was placed in the (pre-hollowed) tomb before the emergence of dawn’. The reporter said, ‘When Amir Al-Momineen-asws was entombed, Sa’sa Bin Sowhan Al-Abdy, may Allah-azwj be Pleased with him, paused at the grave and placed one of his hands upon his heart and with the other hand he had grabbed the soil, and struck his head with it, then said, ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for you-asws, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! ’
Then he said, ‘Congratulations to you-asws, O Abu Al-Hassan-asws! Your-asws birth was good, and your combat was strong, and your Jihad was mighty, and you-asws won with your-asws view, and profited in your-asws trade, and went ahead to your-asws Creator. So, Allah-azwj will Meet you-asws with His-azwj Glad Tidings, and His-azwj Angels would surround you-asws, and you-asws will settle in the vicinity of Al-Mustafa-saww. Allah-azwj has Honoured you-asws with His-azwj Vicinity and joined you-asws with the rank of your-asws brother-saww Al-Mustafa-saww and Made you-asws drink at full cup. I ask Allah-azwj to Confer upon us to Suffice us with your-asws impact (Ahadeeth) and working with your-asws mode and befriend your-asws friends and be inimical to your-asws enemies, and to Resurrect us to be in the group of your-asws friends. You-asws have achieved what no one (else) has achieved, and attained what no one (else) has attained, and you-asws fought in the Way of your-asws Lord-azwj, in front of your-asws brother-saww Al-Mustafa-saww as was the right of its Jihad, and you-asws stood with the religion of Allah-azwj as was the right of standing, until you-asws established the Sunnah and corrected the Fitna, and straightened, and systemised the Eman. So, from me, upon you-asws be the superior Salawaa