Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

رَوَى وَهْبُ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "أَوْلاَدُ اَلْمُشْرِكِينَ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ فِي اَلنَّارِ وَ أَوْلاَدُ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ ".

Wahb ibn Wahb narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), who said that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) said: "The children of polytheists will be with their parents in the Fire, and the children of Muslims will be with their parents in Paradise."

وَ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ أَوْلاَدِ اَلْمُشْرِكِينَ يَمُوتُونَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغُوا اَلْحِنْثَ قَالَ "كُفَّارٌ وَ اَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ مَدَاخِلَ آبَائِهِمْ".

Ja'far ibn Bashir narrated from Abdullah ibn Sinan who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (a.s) about the children of polytheists who die before reaching the age of responsibility. Imam (a.s) replied: "They are disbelievers, and Allah (swt) knows best what they would have done. They will enter the same places as their fathers."

وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "تُؤَجَّجُ لَهُمْ نَارٌ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمُ اُدْخُلُوهَا فَإِنْ دَخَلُوهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ بَرْداً وَ سَلاَماً وَ إِنْ أَبَوْا قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُمْ "هُوَ ذَا أَنَا قَدْ أَمَرْتُكُمْ فَعَصَيْتُمُونِي" فَيَأْمُرُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِمْ إِلَى اَلنَّارِ".

Imam (a.s) said: "A fire will be kindled for them, and it will be said to them, 'Enter it.' If they enter it, it will be cool and peaceful for them. But if they refuse, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will say to them: 'Behold, I had commanded you, and you disobeyed Me.' Then Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will command that they be taken to the Fire."

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ اَلْقِيَامَةِ اِحْتَجَّ اَللَّهُ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ عَلَى اَلطِّفْلِ وَ اَلَّذِي مَاتَ بَيْنَ اَلنَّبِيِّينَ وَ اَلشَّيْخِ اَلْكَبِيرِ اَلَّذِي أَدْرَكَ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَ اَلْأَبْلَهِ وَ اَلْمَجْنُونِ اَلَّذِي لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَ اَلْأَصَمِّ وَ اَلْأَبْكَمِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَحْتَجُّ عَلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ" قَالَ "فَيَبْعَثُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولاً فَيُؤَجِّجُ لَهُمْ نَاراً فَيَقُولُ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَثِبُوا فِيهَا فَمَنْ وَثَبَ فِيهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ بَرْداً وَ سَلاَماً وَ مَنْ عَصَى سِيقَ إِلَى اَلنَّارِ".

In the narration of Hariz from Zurara, from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), that Imam (a.s) said: "On the Day of Judgment, Allah (swt) will argue against seven groups: the child, the one who died between the prophets, the elderly person who reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) but did not comprehend, the simple-minded, the insane person who did not understand, the deaf, and the mute. Each one of them will present an argument before Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic." Imam (a.s) said: "Then Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will send a messenger to them who will kindle a fire and say to them, 'Your Lord (azj) commands you to leap into it.' Whoever leaps into it, it will become cool and peaceful for him, but whoever refuses will be taken to the Fire."

قَالَ مُصَنِّفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الْأَخْبَارُ مُتَّفِقَةٌ وَ لَيْسَتْ بِمُخْتَلِفَةٍ وَ أَطْفَالُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ الْكُفَّارِ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ فِي النَّارِ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ مِنْ حَرِّهَا لِتَكُونَ الْحُجَّةُ أَوْكَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَتَى أُمِرُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِدُخُولِ نَارٍ تُؤَجَّجُ لَهُمْ مَعَ ضَمَانِ السَّلَامَةِ مَتَى لَمْ يَثِقُوا بِهِ وَ لَمْ يُصَدِّقُوا وَعْدَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ شَاهَدُوا مِثْلَهُ.

The compiler of this book, may Allah (swt) have mercy on him, said: These reports are consistent and not contradictory. The children of the polytheists and disbelievers will be with their parents in the Fire, but they will not suffer from its heat so that the argument against them will be more conclusive. When they are commanded on the Day of Judgment to enter a fire that will be kindled for them, with the assurance of safety, if they do not trust in it and do not believe His (swt) promise concerning something similar to what they have already witnessed, the proof against them will be stronger.