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The pain of the Imam became intense, and he suffered from severe aches. When his decreed
death was close at hand, the Imam recited some verses of the Holy Qur'an. He secretly addressed
his Lord and implored him until his pure soul joined the Garden of the Abode. That great soul the
like of which was not created in the past and the future, except his forefathers, in clemency,
knowledge, kindness, and showing sympathy to all people rose high to the High Comrade (Allah).
The head of Islam and first guide of the Islamic caravan who spared no effort to enlighten human
thought and to spread the essence of knowledge and virtue among people passed away. His death
was among the dangerous events with which the Islamic world was afflicted; its gravity shook the
world. The outcry from the houses of the Hashimites became loud. The crying and wailing from
the houses of Yethrib (Medina) became loud. Many people hurried toward the Imam. They were
either silent or crying or astonished or wailing for the demise of the great Imam, who was for
them as shelter and place of flight in all their affairs.
Imam Musa, peace be on him, was broken‐hearted; his soul melted in sorrows and regrets. He
prepared his father for burial while he was shedding tears. He washed the pure corpse and
shrouded it with two Shatawi garments he used during the ritual consecration, with a shirt and a
turban belonged to Imam Zayn al‐'Abidin, peace be on him, and with a garment Imam Musa,
peace be on him, bought for forty dinars. After he had prepared him for burial, Imam Musa, peace
be on him, prayed over him. Then the holy corpse was carried on fingertips. The crowded masses
surrounded it. He was brought to the holy cemetery of al‐Baqi' and was buried in his final resting
place beside his father al‐Baqir and his grandfather Zayn al‐'Abidin, peace be on him. The famous
poet Abu Hurayra stood on the edge of the grave and praised Imam al‐Sadiq with these poetry
lines:
When they carried him on their shoulders, I said:
Do you know what are carrying to the earth? The one who is like a rock that falls off the top of a
lofty height!
In the early morning the people poured dust upon his grave, while he had been on the
crossroads![1]
Having finished burying and praising Imam al‐Sadiq, peace be on him, the Muslims walked
towards Imam Musa to console him on his painful misfortune, [1] Usool al‐Kafi.
and he thanked them for their consolations. Then he came back home accompanied by his
household and his loyal companions. Then he ordered a light to be put in the place where his
father died according to the sunna. The light was kindled every day until Imam Musa, peace be on
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