Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ بِوَاسِطَةٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ:« أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُدْعَى إِلَى وَلِيمَةٍ وَ إِلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَأَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ وَ أَيَّهُمَا يُجِيبُ فَقَالَ« يُجِيبُ اَلْجِنَازَةَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ اَلْآخِرَةَ وَ لْيَدَعِ اَلْوَلِيمَةَ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ اَلدُّنْيَا»».
Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Musa ibn Isa, from Muhammad ibn Isa, from Isma'il ibn Abi Ziyad, through Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq عليه السلام, from his father Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام:
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was asked about a man who is invited to a wedding feast and to a funeral at the same time. Which of them is better and which one should he attend? Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم replied: "He should attend the funeral because it reminds one of the Hereafter, and he should leave the wedding feast because it reminds one of the world."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 490
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