Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Walking Along with Procession for the Dead Body َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َشْيُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ أَفْضَلُ ٠َشْيِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا. 1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Muhammad ibn ‘Adhafir from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar, who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Walking behind the coffin of the deceased is more virtuous than walking in front of it.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/13))