The Funeral Prayer (Salat Al-Janazah)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 26
وَ صَلَّى أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى اِبْنٍ لَهُ صَبِيٍّ صَغِيرٍ لَهُ ثَلاَثُ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ - «لَوْ لاَ أَنَّ اَلنَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ لاَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى اَلصِّغَارِ مِنْ أَوْلاَدِهِمْ مَا صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ.
Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام offered the funeral prayer for a young son of his who was three years old. He then said: "If it were not for the fact that people might say that the Banu Hashim do not offer funeral prayers for their young children, I would not have prayed over him”.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh