Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:« اَلسُّنَّةُ فِي حَمْلِ اَلْجَنَازَةِ أَنْ تَسْتَقْبِلَ جَانِبَ اَلسَّرِيرِ بِشِقِّكَ اَلْأَيْمَنِ فَتَلْزَمَ اَلْأَيْسَرَ بِكَفِّكَ اَلْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ تَمُرَّ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى اَلْجَانِبِ اَلْآخَرِ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ إِلَى اَلْجَانِبِ اَلثَّالِثِ مِنَ اَلسَّرِيرِ ثُمَّ تَمُرَّ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى اَلْجَانِبِ اَلرَّابِعِ مِمَّا يَلِي يَسَارَكَ.
Ali, from his father, from more than one person, from Yunus, from Ali ibn Yaqtin, from Abu al-Hasan Musa عليه السلام, said:
I (Narrator) heard Imam عليه السلام say: “The Sunnah in carrying the bier (funeral bed) is that you face the right side of the bier with your right side, holding the left side of it with your right hand. Then you pass behind it to the second side, and from there to the third side of the bier. After that, you move to the fourth side, which is on your left."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 480
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