Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رُزَيْنَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ، فَقَالَ: يُسَلُّ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ، وَيُلْزَقُ الْقَبْرُ بِالْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَدْرَ أَرْبَعِ أَصَابِعَ مُفَرَّجَاتٍ، وَيُرَبَّعُ قَبْرُهُ.
Ali ibn al-Husayn, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali, from Abdullah ibn al-Salt, from al-Hasan ibn Ali, from al-Ala ibn Razin, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, said:
I asked one of the Imams عليه السلام about the deceased. Imam عليه السلام said: “The deceased should be lowered into the grave from the side of the feet, and the grave should be leveled with the ground, except for a height equal to four spread-out fingers, and the grave should be squared."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 486
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