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 ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠َانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَ٠ِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ تَدْرِي كَ٠ِ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَى الْ٠َيِّتِ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ خَ٠ْسُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ فَتَدْرِي ٠ِنْ أَيْنَ أُخِذَتِ الْخَ٠ْسُ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ أُخِذَتِ الْخَ٠ْسُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ ٠ِنْ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ تَكْبِيرَةٌ.

Do you know from where are they taken?’ I replied, ‘No, I do not know.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Five Takbir (Allah is great beyond description) are taken from five Salah (prayer), one Takbir from every Salah (prayer).”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/50))