Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Obligations of the Neighbors toward the People of the Deceased and Mourning Ceremonies 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ وَعَنْ هِشَا٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َّا قُتِلَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َرَ رَسُولُ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَاطِ٠َةَ (عَلَيْهِا الْسَّلا٠) أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ طَعَا٠َيْسٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّا٠ٍ وَتَأْتِيَهَا وَنِسَاءَهَا فَتُقِي٠َ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّا٠ٍ فَجَرَتْ بِذَلِكَ السُّنَّةُ أَنْ يُصْنَعَ لأَهْلِ الْ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy (and from) Hisham ibn Salim who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when Ja‘far ibn abu Talib was martyred, the Messenger of Allah instructed Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, to prepare food for Asma’ bint ‘Umays for three days and visit her with a group of her women everyday for three days.

This formed the tradition to prepare food for the people of the deceased for three days.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/165))