Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 21
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 21

Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ اَلْعَرْزَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى جِنَازَةٍ فَكَبَّرَ خَمْساً يَرْفَعُ يَدَهُ فِي كُلِّ تَكْبِيرَةٍ
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa narrated from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Abdur Rahman ibn al-Arzami from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him. He said: I prayed behind Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, over a deceased person (Salat Al Mayyit), and Imam عليه السلام said five takbirs, raising His عليه السلام hand in each takbir.
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 214
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb