Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 23

Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ مُثَنًّى اَلْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« كَانَ اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ جَالِساً فَمَرَّتْ عَلَيْهِ جَنَازَةٌ فَقَامَ اَلنَّاسُ حِينَ طَلَعَتِ اَلْجَنَازَةُ فَقَالَ اَلْحُسَيْنُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« مَرَّتْ جَنَازَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى طَرِيقِهَا جَالِساً فَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَعْلُوَ رَأْسَهُ جَنَازَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ»».
Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Abi Najran, from Muthanna Al-Hannat, from Abu 'Abdillah عليه السلام, who said: (Imam) Al-Husayn ibn 'Ali عليه السلام was sitting when a funeral procession passed by. The people stood up as soon as the funeral appeared. Imam Al-Husayn عليه السلام said: "A funeral procession of a Jew once passed by while the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) was sitting in its path. He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم disliked that the funeral of a Jew would rise above His صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم head."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 484
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 129