Chapter on the Additions

And from him, from Muhammad ibn Isma'il, from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan and Abu Ali al-Ash'ari, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar all from Safwan ibn Yahya from Abd al-Hamid ibn Sa’ad, who said: I said to Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام, peace be upon him: “A funeral is being brought out and I am not in a state of ablution (wudu). If I go to perform ablution, I will miss the prayer (Salat Al Mayyit). Is it sufficient for me to pray over it, while I am not in a state of ablution?” Imam عليه السلام said: “That you be in a state of purity is more beloved to me.”