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)

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ:« نِعْمَ اَلْكَفَنُ اَلْحُلَّةُ وَ نِعْمَ اَلْأُضْحِيَّةُ اَلْكَبْشُ اَلْأَقْرَنُ».
Muhammad ibn al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad ibn Isa, from Muhammad ibn Sa'id, from Isma'il ibn Abi Ziyad, from Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq عليه السلام, from his forefathers عليه السلام: Imam Ali عليه السلام said that the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family, said: "The best shroud is the garment, and the best sacrifice is the horned ram."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 462
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb