Explanation – It is possible that placing of the hand upon...
Explanation – It is possible that placing of the hand upon the hand and upon the foreheat is to manifest the grief and the sorriness upon his illness as is common . قُرْبُ الْإِسْنَادِ، بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ: أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِسَبْعٍ أَمَرَهُمْ بِعِيَادَةِ الْمَرْضَى وَ اتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ وَ إِبْرَارِ الْقَسَمِ وَ تَسْمِيتِ الْعَاطِسِ وَ نَصْرِ الْمَظْلُومِ وَ إِفْشَاءِ السَّلَامِ وَ إِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي.
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Isnad’ – by the previous chain, ‘From Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah ‑saww instructed with seven. He -saww instructed them with consoling the sick, and following (escorting) the funeral, and fulfilling the vows, and naming (Allah -azwj ) at the sneeze, and helping the oppressed, and initiating the greetings, and answering the invitation (to a meal)’’.
[8] الْخِصَالُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِاتِّبَاعِ الْجَنَائِزِ وَ عِيَادَةِ الْمَرِيضِ الْخَبَرَ. (The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – by his chain from Al Bara’a Bin Aazib who said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww instructed us with following (escorting) the funeral, and consoling the sick’ – the Hadeeth’’.
And from him, by his chain, from Anas Bin Muhammad, ‘From Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah ‑saww said in his -saww bequest to Ali -asws : ‘O Ali -asws ! Upon the women is neither the Friday (Salat), nor congregation (Salat), nor Azaan, nor Iqamah, nor consoling a sick, nor following (escorting) a funeral, nor standing by a grave’ – the Hadeeth’’.