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 َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ كَبَّرَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عَلَى حَ٠ْزَةَ سَبْعِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً وَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ْ عَلَى سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ خَ٠ْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً قَالَ كَبَّرَ خَ٠َا أَدْرَكَهُ النَّاسُ قَالُوا يَا أَ٠ْ نُدْرِكِ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَى سَهْلٍ فَيَضَعُهُ فَيُكَبِّرُ عَلَيْهِ خَ٠ْساً حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى قَبْرِهِ خَ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn abu Hamzah from abu Basir from who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘The Messenger of Allah in Salah (prayer) for Hamzah said seventy Takbir and ’Amir al-Mu’minin) Ali said twenty five Takbir in Salah (prayer) for Sahl ibn Hunayf.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Each time ’Amir al-Mu’minin said five Takbir as new people arrived saying that we did not have a chance to attend Salah (prayer) for him so ’Amir al-Mu’minin would ask to place him on the ground and he (the Imam) say five Takbir until he arrived to his grave.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/67))