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Hadith 638
Hadith #
638
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
39
Part
The Book on Dying People
Chapter
The Sunnah to Carry a Dead Body
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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3. Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father, from some of his companions, from Al-Fadl ibn Yunus, who said
"I asked Abu Ibrahim (as) about the method of carrying a bier (funeral procession). He said: 'If you are in a situation of taqiyya, start with the right hand, then the right foot, then return from your place to the right side of the deceased. Do not pass behind his feet at all until you face the bier again and take his left hand, then his left foot, then return from your place and do not pass behind the bier at all until you face it again, doing as you did before. If you are not in a situation where you need to practice taqiyya, the proper way according to the Sunnah for carrying the bier is to start with the right hand, then the right foot, then the left foot, then the left hand, making a complete circle around it.'"
3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ يُونُسَ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنْ تَرْبِيعِ الْجَنَازَةِ قَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي مَوْضِعِ تَقِيَّةٍ فَابْدَأْ بِالْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ بِالرِّجْلِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ ارْجِعْ مِنْ مَكَانِكَ إِلَى مَيَامِنِ الْمَيِّتِ لاَ تَمُرَّ خَلْفَ رِجْلِهِ الْبَتَّةَ حَتَّى تَسْتَقْبِلَ الْجَنَازَةَ فَتَأْخُذَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ ارْجِعْ مِنْ مَكَانِكَ وَلاَ تَمُرَّ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ الْبَتَّةَ حَتَّى تَسْتَقْبِلَهَا تَفْعَلُ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ أَوَّلاً فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَتَّقِي فِيهِ فَإِنَّ تَرْبِيعَ الْجَنَازَةِ الَّتِي جَرَتْ بِهِ السُّنَّةُ أَنْ تَبْدَأَ بِالْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ بِالرِّجْلِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ بِالرِّجْلِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ بِالْيَدِ الْيُسْرَى حَتَّى تَدُورَ حَوْلَهَا.
Tags funeral-procession

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