١ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عَنِ الأطْفَالِ فَقَالَ قَدْ سُئِلَ فَقَالَ الله أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا زُرَارَةُ هَلْ تَدْرِي قَوْلَهُ الله أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ لله فِيهِمُ الْمَشِيئَةُ إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ جَمَعَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الأطْفَالَ وَالَّذِي مَاتَ مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي الْفَتْرَةِ وَالشَّيْخَ الْكَبِيرَ الَّذِي أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَهُوَ لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَالأصَمَّ وَالأبْكَمَ الَّذِي لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَالْمَجْنُونَ وَالأبْلَهَ الَّذِي لاَ يَعْقِلُ وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يَحْتَجُّ عَلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَيَبْعَثُ الله إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكاً مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ فَيُؤَجِّجُ لَهُمْ نَاراً ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ الله إِلَيْهِمْ مَلَكاً فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَثِبُوا فِيهَا فَمَنْ دَخَلَهَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ بَرْداً وَسَلاَماً وَأُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا دَخَلَ النَّارَ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad, from Hariz from Zurarah who has narrated the following: “I asked abu Ja’far , ’Had the Messenger of Allah been asked about children?’ He said, ‘Indeed he was asked and he said, “Allah knows better about their deeds.’” The Imam then said, ‘O Zurarah, do you know His words, “Allah knows better of what they had been doing?”’ I replied, ‘I do not know.’ The Imam said, ‘Allah has a wish in the matter. On the Day of Judgment Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, will bring the children together as well as the people who have died between the intervals (the time between the passing away of one prophet and the coming of the other). He will bring the elderly who lived in the time of the Holy Prophet but had lost understanding, were the deaf, and the dumb who do not understand, the insane ones and the dimwitted who do not understand. Every one of such people will argue before Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious. Allah sends an angel from among His angels who lights up a fire and then Allah sends another angel who says to them, ‘Your Lord commands you to jump in it (fire). Whoever of them jumps, for him it will turn cool and peaceful and he is admitted to paradise and those who disobey go to the fire.’” 