When they descended him into his grave...
When they descended him into his grave, he -saww said: ‘Lie him down in his Lahad upon his right side facing the Qiblah, and do not lay him prone upon his face nor cast him on his back!’ [23] عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قُتِلَ فَقُطِعَ رَأْسُهُ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ أَ يُغَسَّلُ أَمْ يُفْعَلُ بِهِ مَا يُفْعَلُ بِالشَّهِيدِ From Al-‘Ala ibn Sayaba who said: Abu Abdullah -asws was asked while I was present about a man who was killed and his head was cut off in disobedience to Allah -azwj – should he be washed or should he be treated as a martyr is treated?
فَقَالَ إِذَا قُتِلَ فِي مَعْصِيَتِهِ يُغْسَلُ أَوَّلًا مِنْهُ الدَّمُ ثُمَّ يُصَبُّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ صَبّاً وَ لَا يُدْلَكُ جَسَدُهُ وَ يُبْدَأُ بِالْيَدَيْنِ وَ الدُّبُرِ وَ يُرْبَطُ جِرَاحَاتُهُ بِالْقُطْنِ وَ الْخُيُوطِ وَ إِذَا وُضِعَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُطْنُ عُصِّبَ Imam -asws said: When he is killed in his disobedience, first the blood should be washed from him, then water should be poured over him without rubbing his body.
Start with the hands and back, and bind his wounds with cotton and threads. When cotton is placed on him, it should be tied.
وَ كَذَلِكَ مَوْضِعُ الرَّأْسِ يَعْنِي الرَّقَبَةَ وَ يُجْعَلُ لَهُ مِنَ الْقُطْنِ شَيْءٌ كَثِيرٌ وَ يُذَرُّ عَلَيْهِ الْحَنُوطُ ثُمَّ يُوضَعُ الْقُطْنُ فَوْقَ الرَّقَبَةِ وَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تُعَصِّبَهُ فَافْعَلْ Similarly, for the head area, meaning the neck, place a large amount of cotton on it and sprinkle camphor on it, then place cotton above the neck, and if you can bind it, do so.
قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ الرَّأْسُ قَدْ بَانَ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ وَ هُوَ مَعَهُ كَيْفَ يُغَسَّلُ فَقَالَ يَغْسِلُ الرَّأْسَ إِذَا غَسَلَ الْيَدَيْنِ وَ السُّفْلَةَ بُدِئَ بِالرَّأْسِ ثُمَّ بِالْجَسَدِ ثُمَّ يُوضَعُ الْقُطْنُ فَوْقَ الرَّقَبَةِ وَ يُضَمُّ إِلَيْهِ الرَّأْسُ وَ يُجْعَلُ فِي الْكَفَنِ I asked: If the head was separated from the body but is present with it, how should it be washed? Imam -asws said: Wash the head after washing the hands and lower parts, starting with the head, then the body.
Then, place cotton above the neck and join the head to it and place it in the shroud. وَ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا صِرْتَ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ تَنَاوَلْتَهُ مَعَ الْجَسَدِ وَ أَدْخَلْتَهُ اللَّحْدَ وَ وَجَّهْتَهُ لِلْقِبْلَةِ And likewise, when you reach the grave, take it with the body and place it in the tomb and direct it towards the Qiblah .
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