Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 13

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 13

Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

Hadith #98

سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَمْرٍو[ عَمْرٍو خ ل] عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَدْفِنُ اِبْنَهُ فَقَالَ« لاَ يَدْفِنُهُ فِي اَلتُّرَابِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالاِبْنُ يَدْفِنُ أَبَاهُ قَالَ« نَعَمْ لاَ بَأْسَ».

Sahl ibn Ziyad narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Walid, from Yahya ibn ‘Amr, from ‘Abdullah ibn Rashid, from ‘Abdullah al-‘Anbari: He said: I asked Abu ‘Abdullah , "Can a man bury his son?" Imam said: "No, he should not bury him in the soil." I asked: "What about a son burying his father?" Imam said: "Yes, there is no harm in that."

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 339