(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ
يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ عَادَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ : أَتَعُودُ الْحَسَنَ وَفِي نَفْسِكَ مَا فِيهَا ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو : إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِرَبِّي فَتَصْرِفَ قَلْبِي حَيْثُ شِئْتَ ، قَالَ
عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : أَمَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَمْنَعُنَا أَنْ نُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْكَ النَّصِيحَةَ ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَادَ أَخَاهُ ، إِلَّا ابْتَعَثَ اللَّهُ لَهُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَيِّ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ ، وَمِنْ أَيِّ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ " ، قَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو : كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الْمَشْيِ مَعَ الْجِنَازَةِ : بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا أَوْ خَلْفَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : إِنَّ فَضْلَ الْمَشْيِ مِنْ خَلْفِهَا عَلَى بَيْنِ يَدَيْهَا ، كَفَضْلِ صَلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ عَلَى الْوَحْدَةِ ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو : فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَمْشِيَانِ أَمَامَ الْجِنَازَةِ ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : إِنَّهُمَا كَرِهَا أَنْ يُحْرِجَا النَّاسَ .
Abdullah bin Yasar says that once Amr bin Harith came to visit Sayyiduna Imam Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) during his illness. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You have come to visit Hasan in his illness, but what about that which you are hiding in your heart?" Amr said: "You are not my Lord that you may do as you wish with my heart." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Even so, we will not refrain from advising you. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'When a Muslim visits his sick Muslim brother, Allah appoints seventy thousand angels for him who pray for his forgiveness every moment of the day until evening, and if he goes in the evening, they pray for him every moment of the night until morning.'"
Amr bin Harith asked: "What is your opinion about walking with a funeral? Should one walk in front of the funeral or behind it?" He replied: "Walking behind the funeral is superior to walking in front of it, just as the virtue of offering obligatory prayer in congregation is superior to offering it alone." Amr said: "But I myself have seen Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq and Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with them both) walking in front of the funeral." He replied: "Both of them did not want to cause hardship to the people because of themselves."