The Rare Ahadith
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 212
14ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شِيرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ يَمُوتُ بِعَرَفَاتٍ يُدْفَنُ بِعَرَفَاتٍ أَوْ يُنْقَلُ إِلَى الْحَرَمِ فَأَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ فَكَتَبَ يُحْمَلُ إِلَى الْحَرَمِ وَيُدْفَنُ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ.
14. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Afi ibn Muhammad ibn Shirah from Ali ibn Sulayman who has said the following: “I once wrote to him (in a muzmar manner) عليه السلام, and asked about a person who dies in ‘Arafat. Should he be buried in ‘Arafat or moved to al-Haram (the sacred area) and which one is more proper?’ He wrote back, ‘Moving to al-Haram (the sacred area) is more proper.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/247)
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