Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Burial Should Take Place Immediately 1ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَ٠ْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَا ٠َعْشَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ أُلْفِيَنَّ رَجُلاً ٠َيِّتٌ فَانْتَظَرَ بِهِ الصُّبْحَ وَلاَ رَجُلاً ٠َيِّتٌ نَهَاراً فَانْتَظَرَ بِهِ اللَّيْلَ لاَ تَنْتَظِرُوا بِ٠ْسِ وَلاَ غُرُوبَهَا عَجِّلُوا بِهِ٠ُ الله فَقَالَ النَّاسُ وَأَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ الله يَرْحَ٠1.

Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al-Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah has said, ‘O people, a man in whose home a death takes place, should not wait for burial until morning or wait until night, if it takes place during the day. Do not wait for the burial of your dead people until sunrise or until sunset.

Expedite their burial, may Allah grant you blessings, and people said, “May Allah grant you blessings, O Messenger of Allah. ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/301))