[15] Sunnah for food to be sent to the deceased house...

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary, from Hisham Bin Salim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘When Ja’far -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws was killed (martyred), Rasool-Allah -saww ordered Syeda Fatima -asws that she -asws should take some food to Asma Bint Umays for three days, and get her -asws womenfolk to go to her, and they should stay in her presence, for three days running.

Thus, the Sunnah flowed with that, that food be made for the bereaved for three days’. [16] A Relative should not place soil over the grave: أخبرني علي بن حاتم قال حدثنا ابو الفضل العباس بن محمد بن القاسم العلوي قال، حدثنا الحسن بن سهل عن محمد بن سهل عن محمد بن حاتم عن يعقوب ابن يزيد قال: حدثني علي بن اسباط عن عبيد بن زرارة قال: مات لبعض اصحاب أبي عبد الله (ع) ولد فحضر أبو عبد الله جنازته فلما الحد تقدم أبوه ليطرح عليه التراب فأخذ أبو عبد الله (ع) بكتفه وقال: لا تطرح عليه من التراب، ومن كان منه ذا رحم فلا يطرح عليه التراب فقلنا: يابن رسول الله أتنهى عن هذا وحده؟ فقال: أنهاكم ان تطرحوا التراب على ذوي الارحام فان ذلك يورث القسوة في القلب، ومن قسا قبله بعد من ربه عز وجل.

Ali Bin Hatim informed me, from Abu Al Fazal Al Abbas Bin Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Al Alawy, from Al Hassan Bin Sahl, from Muhammad Bin Sahl, from Muhammad Bin Hatim, from Yaqoub Ibn Yazeed, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Ubeyd Bin Zarara who said, ‘A child of one of the companions of Abu Abdullah -asws died, so Abu Abdullah -asws was present at his funeral. So when his body was placed in the grave, his father moved forward to place the soil upon him.

So Abu Abdullah -asws grabbed his shoulder and said: ‘Do not lay the soil upon him, and the ones who were his relatives (also) should not place the soil upon him’. So we said, ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww !