Hadith 2

Tafseer Ali Bin Ibrahim – From his father, from Dawood Bin Al-Qasim Al-Ja’fari, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws the 2nd having said: ‘One day Amir Al-Momineen-asws came and his-asws hand was upon a shoulder of Salman-ra (and) with him-asws was Al-Hassan-asws, until he-asws entered the Masjid. When he-asws sat down, a man came, having an excellent cloak upon him. He greeted and sat down in front of Amir Al-Momineen-asws. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I want to ask you-asws about issues. If you-asws were to answer of these, I would know that the people have attained from you-asws and you are the most rightful with this command than others, and if you-asws do not answer me about these, I would know that you-asws and the people are of the same beginning’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to him: ‘Ask this son-asws of mine-asws’ – meaning Al-Hassan-asws. The man turned his face towards Al-Hassan-asws. He said to him-asws, ‘O my son-asws! Inform me about the man when he sleeps, where does his soul happen to be, and about the man who hears the thing, so he remembers for a time, then he forgets it during a time of need to it, how is this so? And inform me about the man having children for him, from them is one who resembles his father and his paternal uncles, and from them is one who resembles his mother and his maternal uncles. How is this so? ’
Al-Hassan-asws said to him: ‘Yes. As for the man when he sleeps, his soul exits like a ray of the sun. It links with the wind, and the wind with the air. When Allah-azwj Wants it to return, the air pulls the wind, and the wind pulls the soul, so it returns to the body. When Allah-azwj Wants to Capture it, the air pulls the wind, and the wind pulls the soul, so it is captured. And as for the man who f