Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Reason for Five Takbir in Salah (Prayer) for a Dead Person 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َ جُعِلَ التَّكْبِيرُ عَلَى الْ٠ْساً فَقَالَ وَرَدَ ٠ِنْ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ تَكْبِيرَةٌ. 1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from in a mafu’ manner the following: “I asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), ’Why are there five Takbir in Salah (prayer) for a dead person?’ He (the Imam) replied, ’From every Salah (prayer) of a day’s Salah (prayer), one Takbir has come.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/47))