Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 21
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ اَلْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ عَلَى اَلْمَيِّتِ فَقَالَ« أَمَّا اَلْمُؤْمِنُ فَخَمْسُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ وَ أَمَّا اَلْمُنَافِقُ فَأَرْبَعٌ وَ لاَ سَلاَمَ فِيهَا»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ismail ibn Sa’ad al-Ashari from Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him, he said:
I asked Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام about the prayer over the deceased (Salat Al Mayyit). Imam عليه السلام said: “As for the believer, five takbirs; and as for the hypocrite, four and there is no salam in it.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 212
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 307