Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 13
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Book 1, Chapter 13
Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds
وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« مَشَى اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ خَلْفَ جَنَازَةٍ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ مَالَكَ تَمْشِي خَلْفَهَا فَقَالَ« إِنَّ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَهَا وَ نَحْنُ تَبَعٌ لَهُمْ»».
And through this chain of narrators, from Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub, from a group of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Abi ‘Abdillah, from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman, from Mufaddal ibn Salih, from Jabir, from Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام said: "The Prophet (may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family) walked behind a funeral. Someone said to him صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم: 'O Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, why are you walking behind it?' He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied: 'I saw the angels walking in front of it, and we are following them.'"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 330
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