The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali عليه السلام
Al-Kāfi|Volume 1|Book 4|Chapter 113
9ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) لَمَّا غُسِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) نُودُوا مِنْ جَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ إِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ مُقَدَّمَ السَّرِيرِ كُفِيتُمْ مُؤَخَّرَهُ وَإِنْ أَخَذْتُمْ مُؤَخَّرَهُ كُفِيتُمْ مُقَدَّمَهُ.
9. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from in a marfu‘ manner from abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام who has said the following. “When Amir al-Mu’minin Ali عليه السلام was washed for burial they called from the side of the house, “If you would lift up the front of the coffin you would not need to lift up the back of the coffin and if you would lift up the back side then you would not need to lift up the front side.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/310)
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