Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Sunnah to Carry a Dead Body 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ يُونُسَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِي٠َ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) عَنْ تَرْبِيعِ الْجَنَازَةِ قَالَ إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي ٠َوْضِعِ تَقِيَّةٍ فَابْدَأْ بِالْيَدِ الْيُ٠َّ بِالرِّجْلِ الْيُ٠ُرَّ خَلْفَ رِجْلِهِ الْبَتَّةَ حَتَّى تَسْتَقْبِلَ الْجَنَازَةَ فَتَأْخُذَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُ٠َّ رِجْلَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُ٠َكَانِكَ وَلاَ تَ٠ُرَّ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ الْبَتَّةَ حَتَّى تَسْتَقْبِلَهَا تَفْعَلُ كَ٠َا فَعَلْتَ أَوَّلاً فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ تَكُنْ تَتَّقِي فِيهِ فَإِنَّ تَرْبِيعَ الْجَنَازَةِ الَّتِي جَرَتْ بِهِ السُّنَّةُ أَنْ تَبْدَأَ بِالْيَدِ الْيُ٠َّ بِالرِّجْلِ الْيُ٠َّ بِالرِّجْلِ الْيُسْرَى ثُ٠َّ بِالْيَدِ الْيُسْرَى حَتَّى تَدُورَ حَوْلَهَا.

Do not pass behind his feet at all until you face the bier again and take his left hand, then his left foot, then return from your place and do not pass behind the bier at all until you face it again, doing as you did before.

If you are not in a situation where you need to practice taqiyya, the proper way according to the Sunnah for carrying the bier is to start with the right hand, then the right foot, then the left foot, then the left hand, making a complete circle around it.'" رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/9))