The Chapter of Condolences and Grief During Calamities, Visiting Graves, Lamentation and Mourning Gatherings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 27
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 27
The Chapter of Condolences and Grief During Calamities, Visiting Graves, Lamentation and Mourning Gatherings
وَ سَأَلَ جَرَّاحٌ اَلْمَدَائِنِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: كَيْفَ اَلتَّسْلِيمُ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلْقُبُورِ فَقَالَ «تَقِفُ وَ تَقُولُ: اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى أَهْلِ اَلدِّيَارِ مِنَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ رَحِمَ اَللَّهُ اَلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنَّا وَ اَلْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ وَ إِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ بِكُمْ لاَحِقُونَ.
Jarrah al-Mada'ini asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about how to offer salutations to the inhabitants of the graves. Imam عليه السلام replied: "[You should stand and] say: Al-salāmu ‘alā ahli al-diyār min al-mu’minīn wa al-muslimīn, raḥima Allāhu al-mustaqdimīna minnā wa al-musta’khirīn, wa innā in shā’a Allāhu bikum lāḥiqūn 'Peace be upon the inhabitants of the dwellings (graves) from among the believers and the Muslims. May Allah سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on those of us who have gone ahead and those who will come later, and indeed, if Allah سبحانه وتعالى wills, we shall join you.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 32