Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ اِبْنُ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ كِلاَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ:« يُغْشَى قَبْرُ اَلْمَرْأَةِ بِالثَّوْبِ وَ لاَ يُغْشَى قَبْرُ اَلرَّجُلِ وَ قَدْ مُدَّ عَلَى قَبْرِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ ثَوْبٌ وَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ شَاهِدٌ وَ لَمْ يُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ».
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id Ibn Uqda, from Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim, from Mahmood ibn Maymoon, from Ja'far ibn Suwayd ibn Ja'far ibn Kilab, said:
I heard (Imam) Ja'far ibn Muhammad عليه السلام, say: "The grave of a woman is covered with a cloth, but the grave of a man is not covered. And a cloth was spread over the grave of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh while the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, was present and did not object to it."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 492
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