٣ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْجَلَالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَ لَا وَصِيِّ نَبِيٍّ يَبْقَى فِي الْأَرْضِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ رُوحُهُ وَ عَظْمُهُ وَ لَحْمُهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ إِنَّمَا يُؤْتَى مَوَاضِعُ آثَارِهِمْ وَ يُبَلِّغُونَهُمْ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ السَّلَامَ وَ يُسْمِعُونَهُمْ فِي مَوَاضِعِ آثَارِهِمْ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِثْلَهُ
3. Muĥammad ibn Ya’qub narrated to me from a group of his companions, from Aĥmad ibn Muĥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Ali ibn Ĥakam, from Ziyād ibn Abil Ĥalāl, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Šādiq ) said: There is no prophet nor successor who remains on earth for more than three days (after having been buried). Thereafter, their souls, their bones and their flesh are taken up to the heavens. Therefore, by going to places which contain their signs, one sends Salām to them from far (because they are in the heavens). However, they hear it as if they were nearby. The above Ĥadǐth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father and Muĥammad ibn Ya’qub, from Muĥammad ibn Yaĥyā, and from others, from Aĥmad ibn Muĥammad, from ‘Ali ibn Ĥakam, from Ziyād, from Abǐ ‘Abdillāh .