Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Departure of Musa (as) and the Occurrence of Occultation Among His Successors
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حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي السكري قال: حدثنا محمد بن زكريا البصري قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن عمارة، عن أبيه قال: قلت للصادق جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام: أخبرني بوفاة موسى بن عمران عليه السلام، فقال: إنه لما أتاه أجله واستوفي مدته وانقطع أكله أتاه ملك الموت عليه السلام فقال له: السلام عليك يا كليم الله، فقال موسى: وعليك السلام من أنت؟ فقال: أنا ملك الموت، قال: ما الذي جاء بك؟ قال: جئت لأقبض روحك، فقال له موسى عليه السلام: من أين تقبض روحي؟ قال: من فمك، قال موسى عليه السلام: كيف وقد كلمت به ربي جل جلاله، قال: فمن يديك، قال: كيف وقد حملت بهما التوراة، قال: فمن رجليك، قال: كيف وقد وطأت بهما طور سيناء، قال: فمن عينك، قال: كيف ولم تزال إلى ربى بالرجاء ممدودة قال: فمن أذنيك، قال: يكف وقد سمعت بهما كلام ربي عز وجل، قال: فأوحي الله تبارك وتعالى إلى ملك الموت: لا تقبض روحه حتى يكون هو الذي يريد ذلك، وخرج ملك الموت، فمكث موسى عليه السلام ما شاء الله أن يمكث بعد ذلك، ودعا يوشع بن نون فأوصى إليه وأمره بكتمان أمره وبأن يوصى بعده إلي من يقوم بالامر.<br> وغاب موسى عليه السلام عن قومه فمر في غيبته برجل وهو يحفر قبرا فقال له: ألا أعينك على حفر هذا القبر؟ فقال له الرجل: بلى، فأعانه حتى حفر القبر وسوى اللحد، ثم اضطجع فيه موسى عليه السلام لينظر كيف هو فكشف الله له الغطاء فرأى مكانه في الجنة، فقال: يا رب اقبضني إليك، فقبض ملك الموت روحه مكانه ودفنه في القبر وسوى عليه التراب، وكان الذي يحفر القبر ملك الموت في صورة آدمي، وكان ذلك في التيه، فصاح صائح من السماء: مات موسى كليم الله، وأي نفس لا تموت، فحدثني أبي عن جدي عن أبيه عليهم السلام أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سئل عن قبر موسى أين هو؟ فقال: هو عند الطريق الأعظم عند الكثيب الأحمر.<br>
Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us, he said: al-Hasan b. Ali al-Sukkari narrated to us, he said: Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Basri narrated to us, he said: Ja‘far b. Muhammad b. ‘Umara narrated from his father who said: I asked al-Sadiq Ja‘far b. Muhammad (peace be upon them both): Inform me about the death of Musa b. ‘Imran (peace be upon him). He said: When his appointed time came, and he completed his term and his provisions ceased, the Angel of Death (peace be upon him) came to him and said: Peace be upon you, O Kalimullah. Musa said: And upon you be peace, who are you? He said: I am the Angel of Death. He said: What has brought you? He said: I have come to take your soul. Musa said: From where will you take my soul? He said: From your mouth. He said: How can that be, when I have spoken with it to my Lord? He said: From your hands. He said: How can that be, when I carried the Torah with them? He said: From your feet. He said: How can that be, when I walked with them upon Mount Sinai? He said: From your eyes. He said: How can that be, when they were always raised in hope to my Lord? He said: From your ears. He said: How can that be, when I heard the speech of my Lord with them? So Allah revealed to the Angel of Death: Do not take his soul until he desires that himself. And the Angel of Death departed.<br> Then Musa remained as long as Allah willed after that. He summoned Yusha‘ b. Nun, entrusted him with his will, commanded him to conceal his affair, and instructed him to appoint after him whoever would rise with the matter. Musa disappeared from his people and, during his absence, he passed by a man digging a grave. He said to him: Shall I help you dig this grave? The man said: Yes. So he helped him until they dug the grave and shaped the niche. Then Musa lay down in it to see how it was, and Allah lifted the veil for him and he saw his place in Paradise. He said: O my Lord, take me unto You. So the Angel of Death took his soul at that very place, buried him in the grave, and leveled the earth over him. And the one digging the grave was the Angel of Death in human form. That was in the wilderness (al-tih). A crier from the heavens called out: Musa, the Kalimullah, has died—and which soul does not die?<br>
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