Chapter on the Prayer over the Dead

Ali ibn al-Hasan from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Najran and Sindi ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Walid, all from Asim ibn Humayd from Yazid ibn Khalifah, who said: I was with Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, when a man from the people of Qumm asked Imam عليه السلام and said: “O’ Abu Abdillah, do women pray over the deceased?” So Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: “Indeed, the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, had declared the blood of al-Mughirah ibn Abi al-As to be lawfully shed,” and Imam عليه السلام narrated a long hadith, “and indeed, Zaynab the daughter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, passed away, and (Sayyidah) Fatimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, peace be upon her, went out with her women and prayed over her sister.”