Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 21
فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِيمَا نَعْلَمُ قَالَ:« فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ عَلَى اَلْجَنَائِزِ تَقْرَأُ فِي اَلْأُولَى بِأُمِّ اَلْكِتَابِ وَ فِي اَلثَّانِيَةِ تُصَلِّي عَلَى اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ تَدْعُو فِي اَلثَّالِثَةِ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ اَلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَ تَدْعُو فِي اَلرَّابِعَةِ لِمَيِّتِكَ وَ اَلْخَامِسَةُ تَنْصَرِفُ بِهَا»
As for what was narrated by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Buzay from his uncle Hamzah ibn Buzay from Ali ibn Suwayd from al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him, as we understand, he said:
Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام said: “In the prayer over the deceased (Salat Al Mayyit), you recite in the first (takbir) Surah al-Fatihah; in the second (takbir), you send blessings upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family; in the third (takbir), you supplicate for the believing men and believing women; in the fourth (takbir), you supplicate for your deceased; and the fifth (takbir) is the one by which you conclude.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 212
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 307