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Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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Washing of the Deceased

356. hadíth

وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ اَلْبَاقِرُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ عِكْرِمَةَ عِنْدَ اَلْمَوْتِ لَنَفَعْتُهُ» فَقِيلَ لِلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِمَا ذَا كَانَ يَنْفَعُهُ قَالَ «كَانَ يُلَقِّنُهُ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ.

Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s) said: "If I had reached Ikrimah at the time of his death, I would have benefited him." When asked how, Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) explained: "He would have instructed him in what you are upon (referring to the beliefs of faithful)”.

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