Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَلْحَمِيدِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُصَلِّي عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ عَنْ وَالِدَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ كَيْفَ صَارَ لِلْوَلَدِ اَللَّيْلُ قَالَ« لِأَنَّ اَلْفِرَاشَ لِلْوَلَدِ» قَالَ وَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا« إِنّٰا أَنْزَلْنٰاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ اَلْقَدْرِ» وَ« إِنّٰا أَعْطَيْنٰاكَ اَلْكَوْثَرَ».
Narrated from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hisham ibn al-Hakam, from Umar ibn Yazid, who said:
Abu Abdillah (Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq عليه السلام) used to pray two rak'ahs every night on behalf of his children and two rak'ahs every night on behalf of his parents. I said to Imam عليه السلام: "May I be your ransom, why is the night specified for the children?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Because the bed belongs to the child." Imam عليه السلام used to recite in these rak'ahs: "Indeed, We sent it down during the Night of Decree" (Surah Al-Qadr) and "Indeed, We have granted you Al-Kawthar" (Surah Al-Kawthar).
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 495
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