Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Saying More Than Five Takbir in Salah (Prayer) for a Dead Person 2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ كَبَّرَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عَلَى سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيّاً خَ٠ْسَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ ثُ٠َّ وَضَعَهُ وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ خَ٠ْسَةً أُخْرَى فَصَنَعَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى كَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ خَ٠ْساً وَعِشْرِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً.

He (Imam 'Ali) then walked for a while, then placed him on the ground and said another five Takbir and so on until he had said twenty five Takbir.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/65))