Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 10
عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ اَلْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ:« اَلصَّلاَةُ عَلَى اَلْجَنَائِزِ اَلتَّكْبِيرَةُ اَلْأُولَى اِسْتِفْتَاحُ اَلصَّلاَةِ وَ اَلثَّانِيَةُ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اَللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ اَلثَّالِثَةُ اَلصَّلاَةُ عَلَى اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ اَلثَّنَاءُ عَلَى اَللَّهِ وَ اَلرَّابِعَةُ لَهُ وَ اَلْخَامِسَةُ يُسَلِّمُ وَ يَقِفُ مِقْدَارَ مَا بَيْنَ اَلتَّكْبِيرَتَيْنِ وَ لاَ يَبْرَحُ حَتَّى يُحْمَلَ اَلسَّرِيرُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ»
Ali ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ‘Ubayys ibn Hisham from al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Minqari from Yunus from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: “The prayer over the funerals; the first takbir is the opening of the prayer, the second is to bear witness that there is ‘No God but Allah سبحانه وتعالى’ and that ‘(Prophet) Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم is the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى’, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, the third is the prayer upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, and upon his household, and praise of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the fourth is for (prayer for) him (the deceased), and the fifth is the salutation, And he (imam of prayer) stands for the amount of time between two takbirs and does not leave until the bier is lifted from in front of him (imam of prayer).”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 351
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