Hadith 643
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4. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following
“I asked him [one of the two Imam] (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about walking in the funeral procession. He said, ‘Walk in front or on the right or left side or behind it.’”
4ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) قَالَ
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَشْيِ مَعَ الْجَنَازَةِ فَقَالَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَعَنْ يَمِينِهَا وَعَنْ شِمَالِهَا وَخَلْفِهَا.
Tags
funeral-procession
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #640 “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Walking behind the coffin of the deceased is more virtuous than walking in front of it.’”
- Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #463 about walking with the funeral procession. Imam (as) replied: "In front of it, on its right side, on its left side, and behind it."