Abu’l Hasan `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Shaqir b. Ya`qub b. al-Harith b. Ibrahim al-Hamadani narrated to us in his house in Kufa. He said: Abu `Abdillah Ja`far b. Ahmad b. Yusuf al-Azdi narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Bazraj al-Hannat narrated to us. He said: `Amr b. Alyasa` narrated to us from `Abdullah b. Alyasa` from `Abdullah b. Sinan from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad عليه السلام. He said: It was said to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم: Sa`d b. Mu`adh has died. So, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم stood, and his companions stood with him. While he was standing at the door, he commanded that Sa`d was to be washed. When he was embalmed, shrouded, and carried on his coffin, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم followed him without sandals and without a cloak. He would take to the right of the coffin once and to the left of the coffin once until he ended up at the grave. So, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم entered the grave and settled it, saying: Give me stones, and give me fresh soil to fill in the gaps.
When he finished preparing his grave, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: Surely, I know that he will be afflicted, and that affliction will reach him, but Allah loves a servant that does an act that He proscribed. When he evened the dust on him, the mother of Sa`d said: O Sa`d! Congratulations to you on Paradise. So, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: O mother of Sa`d! Stop, and do not make assumptions for your Lord, for Sa`d has been afflicted with constriction [in his grave]. He said: So, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم returned, and the people returned. So, they said to him: O Messenger of Allah! We have seen you do for Sa`d that which we have not seen you do for anyone else. You followed his funeral without sandals and without a cloak. So, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: The angels were without their cloaks and without their sandals, so I did the same. They said: You took to the right of the coffin once and to the left of the coffin once. He said: My hand was in the hand of Gabriel عليه السلام, and I went where he took me. They said: You commanded that he be washed, and you offered his funeral prayer, and placed him in his grave, then you said: “Sa`d has been afflicted with constriction.” So, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: Yes. He had poor character when dealing with his family.