Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book on Dying People · The Dead Bodies of Men, Women, Children and Slaves (For such Ahadith about an act or issue of the five categories of deeds of the quality of Wujub (Obligatory), Hurmat (Prohibited), Istihbab (Preference), Kirahat (Detestability) or Ibahah (Permissibility) one must consult fatwas of one’s Mujtahid.) · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 45, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فِي الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي عَلَى مَيِّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةِ أَمْوَاتٍ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ ثَلاَثَةً أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ عَشَرَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلاَةً وَاحِدَةً يُكَبِّرُ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ كَمَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى مَيِّتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَقَدْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ جَمِيعاً يَضَعُ مَيِّتاً وَاحِداً ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ الآخَرَ إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الأوَّلِ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الثَّالِثِ إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الثَّانِي شِبْهَ الْمَدْرَجِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ مَا كَانُوا فَإِذَا سَوَّاهُمْ هَكَذَا قَامَ فِي الْوَسَطِ فَكَبَّرَ خَمْسَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ يَفْعَلُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى مَيِّتٍ وَاحِدٍ سُئِلَ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَوْتَى رِجَالاً وَنِسَاءً قَالَ يَبْدَأُ بِالرِّجَالِ فَيَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الثَّانِي إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الأوَّلِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كُلِّهِمْ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الْمَرْأَةِ إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الرَّجُلِ الأخِيرِ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الْمَرْأَةِ الأخْرَى إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ الأولَى حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ فَإِذَا سَوَّى هَكَذَا قَامَ فِي الْوَسَطِ وَسَطِ الرِّجَالِ فَكَبَّرَ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى مَيِّتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ مَيِّتٍ صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ الإِمَامُ فَإِذَا الْمَيِّتُ مَقْلُوبٌ رِجْلاَهُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ رَأْسِهِ قَالَ يُسَوَّى وَتُعَادُ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ حُمِلَ مَا لَمْ يُدْفَنْ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دُفِنَ فَقَدْ مَضَتِ الصَّلاَةُ لاَ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مَدْفُونٌ.

Published English translation

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Ahmad ibn al-Husayn from Ali ibn ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar al-Sabatiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of one who performs Salah (prayer) for one or two or three dead bodies, how is he to perform them. He (the Imam) said, ‘If there are three or two or ten or less or more, he performs one Salah (prayer) with five Takbir (Allah is great beyond description) just as it is done for one deceased, and in so doing one has performed Salah (prayer) for all of them. The body of one deceased man is placed on the ground, the other is placed parallel to the hips of the first one and the head of the third is placed parallel to the hips of the second one similar to a ladder, until all of them are in place. When this is done, he then stands up in the middle and says five Takbir (Allah is great beyond description) doing what is done for one deceased person.’ It then was asked, ‘How Salah (prayer) is performed if there are the dead bodies of both men and women. He (the Imam) said, ‘First, the bodies of men are arranged by placing the head of the second dead body parallel to the hips of the first one. When all the bodies of men are arranged in this way, then the head of the dead body of the first woman is placed parallel to the hips of the dead body of the last man, then the head of the other woman parallel to the hips of the first woman until all of them are arranged in this way. Then he stands in the middle, the middle of men, says Takbir (Allah is great beyond description) and performs Salah (prayer) for them just as performing Salah (prayer) for one deceased person.’ He (the Imam) was asked about the case of a dead body that was found after Salah (prayer) with his head in place of his leg. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is corrected and Salah (prayer) is performed again, even if the body is carried away but is not buried yet. Once the body is buried, time of Salah (prayer) is passed, and Salah (prayer) is not performed after burial.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/25)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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