Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Expressions to Pronounce on Seeing a Dead Person َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ النَّهْدِيِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) إِذَا رَأَى جَنَازَةً قَالَ الْحَ٠ْدُ لله الَّذِي لَ٠ِنَ السَّوَادِ الْ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Musa ibn al-Hassan from abu al-Hassan al-Nahdi in a marfu‘ manner who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), when seeing a dead person would say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah who has not placed me among the masses whose lives have already ended.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/6))