Hadith 55

(The book) ‘Al Ghayba’ of Al Numani – It is reported from Zurara Bin Ayn having said, ‘I entered to see Abu Abdullah-asws and by his-asws right hand was the chief of his-asws children, Musa-asws, and in front of him-asws was a covered man lying down. He-asws said to me: ‘O Zurara! Come to me with Dawood Al-Raqy, and Humran, and Abu Baseer’, and Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar entered to see him-asws. I went out and presented the ones he-asws had instructed me with presenting to him-asws, and the people did not cease to be entering, one on the track of one, until we became thirty men in the room. When the gathering was crowded, he-asws said: ‘O Dawood! Uncover for me from his face! ’ I uncovered from his face. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘O Dawood! Is he alive or dead? ’ Dawood said, ‘O my Master-asws! He is dead’. He-asws kept on displaying that to a man by man until he-asws came to the last one in the gathering, and everyone was saying, ‘He is dead, O my Master-asws! ’ He-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Be Witness’. Then he-asws instructed with washing him, and embalming him, and wrapping him in his clothes. When he-asws was free from him, he-asws said to Al-Mufazzal: ‘O Mufazzal! Uncover from his face! ’ I uncovered from his face. He-asws said: ‘Is he alive or is he dead? ’ He said, ‘Dead’. He-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Witness upon them’. Then he was carried to his grave. When he was placed in his sepulchre, he-asws said: ‘O Mufazzal! Uncover from his face! ’ And he-asws said to the gatherers: ‘Is he alive or dead? ’ We said to him-asws, ‘Dead! ’ He-asws said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Witness, an