Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Women’s Performing Salah (Prayer) for a Dead Person 2ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَ٠ْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ْ يَحْضُرِ الرَّجُلُ تَقَدَّ٠ْرَأَةٌ وَسَطَهُنَّ وَقَا٠َ النِّسَاءُ عَنْ يَ٠َالِهَا وَهِيَ وَسَطَهُنَّ تُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى تَفْرُغَ ٠2.

Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn abu Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘If no man is present, a woman leads (standing) in the middle with other women on her right and left, she in the middle says Takbir (Allah is great beyond description) until Salah (prayer) is complete.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/43))