Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 21
وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى اِمْرَأَةٍ فَلاَ يَقُومُ فِي وَسَطِهَا وَ يَكُونُ مِمَّا يَلِي صَدْرَهَا وَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى اَلرَّجُلِ فَلْيَقُمْ فِي وَسَطِهِ»
From him, from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Abdillah ibn al-Mughirah from some of our companions from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, he said:
Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: “Whoever prays (Salat Al Mayyit) over a woman, let him not stand at her middle, but rather at the part corresponding to her chest. And if he prays (Salat Al Mayyit) over a man, then let him stand at his middle.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 209
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