Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 10
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ اَلْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْمَصْلُوبِ فَقَالَ« أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ جَدِّي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ صَلَّى عَلَى عَمِّهِ» قُلْتُ أَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَكِنِّي لاَ أَفْهَمُهُ مُبَيَّناً قَالَ« أُبَيِّنُهُ لَكَ إِنْ كَانَ وَجْهُ اَلْمَصْلُوبِ إِلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَقُمْ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ اَلْأَيْمَنِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَفَاهُ إِلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَقُمْ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ اَلْأَيْسَرِ فَإِنَّ بَيْنَ اَلْمَشْرِقِ وَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ قِبْلَةً فَإِنْ كَانَ مَنْكِبُهُ اَلْأَيْسَرُ إِلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَقُمْ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ اَلْأَيْمَنِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَنْكِبُهُ اَلْأَيْمَنُ عَلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَقُمْ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ اَلْأَ يْسَرِ وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ مُنْحَرِفاً فَلاَ تُزَايِلَنَّ مَنَاكِبَهُ وَ لْيَكُنْ وَجْهُكَ إِلَى مَا بَيْنَ اَلْمَشْرِقِ وَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ وَ لاَ تَسْتَقْبِلْهُ وَ لاَ تَسْتَدْبِرْهُ اَلْبَتَّةَ» قَالَ أَبُو هَاشِمٍ وَ قَدْ فَهِمْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ فَهِمْتُ وَ اَللَّهِ
Ali ibn Ibrahim, from Abu Hashim al-Ja’fari, said:
I asked Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about the crucified (person). Imam عليه السلام said: “Do you not know that my grandfather عليه السلام, peace be upon him, prayed over his uncle?” I asked: “I know that, but I do not understand it clearly.” Imam عليه السلام said: “I will clarify it for you. If the face of the crucified is toward the qiblah, then stand at his right shoulder. And if his back is toward the qiblah, then stand at his left shoulder. Indeed, between the east and the west is a qiblah. So if his left shoulder is toward the qiblah, then stand at his right shoulder. And if his right shoulder is toward the qiblah, then stand at his left shoulder. And however he is turned, do not separate yourself from his shoulders, and let your face be toward what lies between the east and the west (Qiblah). Do not face him directly, and do not turn your back to him at all.” Abu Hashim said: “And I have understood, if Allah سبحانه وتعالى wills. I have understood, by Allah سبحانه وتعالى”.
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 360
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