Chapter on the Additions

And from him, from Ahmad ibn al-Hasan, from Amr ibn Sa'id, from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah, from Ammar ibn Musa, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him: Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام was asked about someone over whom the prayer (Salat Al Mayyit) was performed, and when the imam (of prayer) finished the prayer (Salat Al Mayyit), it was found that the deceased was turned, with his feet at the place of his head. Imam عليه السلام said: “He is to be straightened, and the prayer (Salat Al Mayyit) is to be repeated over him. And if he has already been carried (to the grave), then so long as he has not been buried, it (Salat Al Mayyit) is to be repeated. But if he has already been buried, then the prayer (Salat Al Mayyit) upon him has already been completed, and he is not to be prayed over (again) while he is buried.”