Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Dead Bodies of Men, Women, Children and Slaves (For such Ahadith about an act or issue of the five categories of deeds of the quality of Wujub (Obligatory), Hurmat (Prohibited), Istihbab (Preference), Kirahat (Detestability) or Ibahah (Permissibility) one must consult fatwas of one’s Mujtahid.) 4ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ عَنْ ٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ كَيْفَ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ٠ْ قَالَ الرِّجَالُ أَ٠َ يُصَفُّ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ عَلَى أَثَرِ بَعْضٍ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Men are placed before women from the side of the Imam in a queue one after the other.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/29))