The Sufficient (Vol 3) · Hadith 744 (#Ḥadīth #5)

5ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مَحْفُوظٍ الإِسْكَافِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَدْفِنَ الْمَيِّتَ فَلْيَكُنْ أَعْقَلُ مَنْ يَنْزِلُ فِي قَبْرِهِ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَلْيَكْشِفْ خَدَّهُ الأيْمَنَ حَتَّى يُفْضِيَ بِهِ إِلَى الأرْضِ وَيُدْنِي فَمَهُ إِلَى سَمْعِهِ وَيَقُولُ اسْمَعْ افْهَمْ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ الله رَبُّكَ وَمُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيُّكَ وَالإِسْلاَمُ دِينُكَ وَفُلاَنٌ إِمَامُكَ اسْمَعْ وَافْهَمْ وَأَعِدْهَا عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ هَذَا التَّلْقِينَ.

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Mahfuz al- Iskaf who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said that the person nearest in kinship to the deceased should enter the grave for burial near his head, remove the shroud from the right side of his face, place it on earth, with his mouth near the ear of the deceased, say three times, ‘Listen and understand.’ Allah is your Lord, Muhammad is your prophet, al-Islam is your religion, so and so is your Imam. Listen and understand. He should repeat this dictation three times.’”

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