The Obligations of the Neighbors toward the People of the Deceased and Mourning Ceremonies
Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 79
Al-Kāfi
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 79
The Obligations of the Neighbors toward the People of the Deceased and Mourning Ceremonies
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ وَعَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ لَمَّا قُتِلَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) أَمَرَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَاطِمَةَ (عَلَيْهِا الْسَّلام) أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ طَعَاماً لأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَتَأْتِيَهَا وَنِسَاءَهَا فَتُقِيمَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَجَرَتْ بِذَلِكَ السُّنَّةُ أَنْ يُصْنَعَ لأَهْلِ الْمُصِيبَةِ طَعَامٌ ثَلاَثاً.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy (and from) Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that when Ja‘far ibn abu Talib was martyred, the Messenger of Allah instructed Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, to prepare food for Asma’ bint ‘Umays for three days and visit her with a group of her women everyday for three days. This formed the tradition to prepare food for the people of the deceased for three days.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/165)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 247