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)

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."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 492
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb