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Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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The Funeral Prayer (Salat Al-Janazah)

487. hadíth

وَ صَلَّى أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى اِبْنٍ لَهُ صَبِيٍّ صَغِيرٍ لَهُ ثَلاَثُ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ - «لَوْ لاَ أَنَّ اَلنَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ لاَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى اَلصِّغَارِ مِنْ أَوْلاَدِهِمْ مَا صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ.

Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s) offered the funeral prayer for a young son of his who was three years old. He then said: "If it were not for the fact that people might say that the Banu Hashim do not offer funeral prayers for their young children, I would not have prayed over him”.

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