Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book on Dying People · Entering and Coming out of the Grave · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 62, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَقُولُ لاَ تَنْزِلْ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَعَلَيْكَ الْعِمَامَةُ وَالْقَلَنْسُوَةُ وَلاَ الْحِذَاءُ وَلاَ الطَّيْلَسَانُ وَحُلَّ أَزْرَارَكَ وَبِذَلِكَ سُنَّةُ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) جَرَتْ وَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِالله مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَلْيَقْرَأْ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَقُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَإِنْ قَدَرَ أَنْ يَحْسِرَ عَنْ خَدِّهِ وَيُلْصِقَهُ بِالأرْضِ فَلْيَفْعَلْ وَلْيَشْهَدْ وَلْيَذْكُرْ مَا يَعْلَمُ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

Published English translation

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Um ay r from Ali ibn Yaqtin who has said the following: “I heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.), say, ‘You must not enter a grave wearing a turban, a hat, shoes, or a shawl. You should open up your buttons, thus is the tradition of the Messenger of Allah. You should ask protection from Allah against Satan, the one condemned to be stoned. You should read Fatihah al-Kitab, Chapters 113, 114, 112 and Ayat al-Kursiy. If possible, one should make the side of his face touch the earth, keep saying the testimonies of faith and speak of Allah as much as one knows until he is in the presence of his guardian (Imam al-Mahdi).”’

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/85)

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

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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