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)

عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا أَنَامِتُّ فَاغْسِلْنِي بِسَبْعِ قِرَبٍ مِنْ مَاءِ بِئْرِ غَرْسٍ»».
Ali narrated from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hafs ibn Al-Bakhtari, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family, said to (Imam) Ali عليه السلام: "O Ali عليه السلام, when I die, wash me with seven water skins filled with water from the well of Ghars."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 461
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 121