Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma 1, narration 31

Translation

Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan from Hasan bin Matteel Waqqaq (flour seller) who said: Narrated to us Yaqoob bin Yazid from Hasan bin Ali bin Fuzzal from Muhammad bin Abdullah Kufi that he said: “When Ismail bin Abu Abdillah (Imam Ja’far Sadiq as) died, Abu Abdillah was extremely disturbed and aggrieved.” The narrator says: “After having closed his eyelids he called for a shirt that was washed clean or absolutely new. He wore it and emerged from his room to issue directions regarding the funeral procedure.” The narrator says: “Some of the Imam’s companions asked him: ‘May we get sacrificed to you, when we saw your restlessness and grief we thought that we would not be able to speak to you for a long time as you would be in mourning.’ He replied: ‘We Ahlul Bayt (as) are such that we express sorrow and restlessness till the time the tragedy befalls, when it does, we observe patience.’”

Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.