পৃষ্ঠা 146: দশম অধ্যায়: কবরের অন্ধকার এবং জীবিতদের দোয়া ও সদকার মাধ্যমে তা আলোকিত হওয়া

fluttering like light, and then we put them on.

And he narrated with his chain of transmission from Bashshar ibn Ghalib al-Bahrani, who said: "I saw Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyyah in my sleep, and I used to pray frequently for her. She said to me: 'O Bashshar ibn Ghalib, your gifts reach us upon platters of light, covered with silk napkins.' I said: 'And how is that?' She replied: 'Such is the supplication of the living believers; when they supplicate for the dead and their prayers are answered, that supplication is placed upon trays of light and covered with silk napkins, then it is brought to the deceased for whom the supplication was made, and it is said: "This is a gift from so-and-so to you."'"

And with his chain of transmission from 'Amr ibn Jarir, who said: "When a servant supplicates for his deceased brother, an angel comes to him in his grave and says to him: 'O dweller of the lonely grave, here is a gift from an affectionate brother of yours.'"

And with his chain of transmission from Bishr ibn Mansur, who said: "There was a man who used to frequent the graveyard during the time of the plague, attending the funeral prayers. When evening came, he would stand at the entrance of the graveyard and say: 'May Allah soothe your loneliness, have mercy upon your estrangement, overlook your misdeeds, and accept your good deeds.' He would not add to these words. He said: 'One evening, I returned to my family without visiting the cemetery to pray as I used to. While I was asleep, behold, a great crowd of people came to me. I asked them: "What brings you here?" They replied: "We are the dwellers of the graveyard." I asked: "And what do you want?" They said: "You used to accustom us to a gift from you whenever you returned to your family." I asked: "And what was that?" They replied: "The supplications that you used to make." He said: I said: "Indeed, I shall return to doing so," and he never abandoned it thereafter.'"

And with his chain of transmission from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, who said: "It used to be said: 'The dead are more in need of supplication than the living are in need of food.'"

And with his chain of transmission from one of the early predecessors, who said: "I passed by the graves and prayed for mercy upon them, whereupon an unseen caller cried out: 'Yes, pray for mercy upon them, for indeed among them are the distressed and the sorrowful.'"

And Ja'far al-Khuldi narrated from al-'Abbas ibn Ya'qub ibn Salih al-Abyari: "I heard my father say: 'One of the righteous saw his father in a dream, and the father said: "O my son, why have you cut off your gifts from us?" He said: "O my father, do the dead recognize the gifts of the living?" He replied: "O my son, were it not for the living, the dead would surely perish." We ask Allah for pardon and forgiveness.'"