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452 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ مَشَى مَعَ جَنَازَةٍ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطٌ وَ إِذَا مَشَى مَعَهَا حَتَّى تُدْفَنَ كَانَ لَهُ قِيرَاطَانِ وَ اَلْقِيرَاطُ مِثْلُ جَبَلِ أُحُدٍ.

Hadith.452 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Whoever walks with a funeral procession until the funeral prayer is offered and then returns will receive one qirat (measure of reward). If they continue walking with it until the deceased is buried, they will receive two qirats, and one qirat is like the size of Mount Uhud."

453 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَةَ اِمْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أُعْطِيَ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ أَرْبَعَ شَفَاعَاتٍ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ قَالَ لَهُ اَلْمَلَكُ وَ لَكَ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ.

Hadith.453 - Imam (as) said: "Whoever follows the funeral procession of a Muslim will be granted four intercessions on the Day of Judgment. Whatever supplication or statement they make, the angel will say to them, 'And for you is the same.'"

454 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ أَخَذَ بِجَوَانِبِ اَلسَّرِيرِ اَلْأَرْبَعَةِ غَفَرَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ كَبِيرَةً.

Hadith.454 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever takes hold of the four sides of the bier (funeral bier) will have forty major sins forgiven by Allah (swt)."

455 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ شَيَّعَ جَنَازَةَ مُؤْمِنٍ حَتَّى يُدْفَنَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَكَّلَ اَللَّهُ بِهِ سَبْعِينَ مَلَكاً مِنَ اَلْمُشَيِّعِينَ يُشَيِّعُونَهُ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ إِلَى اَلْمَوْقِفِ.

Hadith.455 - Imam (as) said: "Whoever accompanies the funeral of a believer until they are buried in their grave, Allah (swt) will assign seventy angels to accompany and seek forgiveness for that person when they rise from their grave to stand at the gathering (on the Day of Judgment)."

456 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَوَّلُ مَا يُتْحَفُ بِهِ اَلْمُؤْمِنُ فِي قَبْرِهِ أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لِمَنْ تَبِعَ جَنَازَتَهُ.

Hadith.456 - Imam (as) said: "The first gift given to a believer in their grave is the forgiveness granted to those who followed their funeral procession."

457 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا دَخَلَ اَلْمُؤْمِنُ قَبْرَهُ نُودِيَ أَلاَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ حِبَائِكَ اَلْجَنَّةُ ، أَلاَ وَ أَوَّلُ حِبَاءِ مَنْ تَبِعَكَ اَلْمَغْفِرَةُ.

Hadith.457 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "When a believer enters their grave, it is proclaimed: 'Behold, your first gift is Paradise! And the first gift for those who followed your funeral procession is forgiveness.'"

458 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ حَمَلَ أَخَاهُ اَلْمَيِّتَ بِجَوَانِبِ اَلسَّرِيرِ اَلْأَرْبَعَةِ مَحَا اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَرْبَعِينَ كَبِيرَةً مِنَ اَلْكَبَائِرِ.

Hadith.458 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), said: “Whoever carries their deceased brother on all four sides of the bier, Allah (swt) will erase forty major sins from them."

459 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ أَخَذَ بِقَوَائِمِ اَلسَّرِيرِ غَفَرَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ خَمْساً وَ عِشْرِينَ كَبِيرَةً وَ إِذَا رَبَّعَ خَرَجَ مِنَ اَلذُّنُوبِ.

Hadith.459 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever takes hold of the handles of the bier, Allah (swt) will forgive twenty-five major sins for them. And if they carry it on all four sides, they will be cleansed of their sins."

460 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لِإِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ إِذَا حَمَلْتَ جَوَانِبَ اَلسَّرِيرِ سَرِيرِ اَلْمَيِّتِ خَرَجْتَ مِنَ اَلذُّنُوبِ كَمَا وَلَدَتْكَ أُمُّكَ.

Hadith.460 - Imam (as) said to Ishaq ibn Ammar: "When you carry the sides of the bier of the deceased, you will be cleansed of your sins as if you were just born from your mother."

461 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ اَلْمَشْيَ خَلْفَ اَلْجَنَازَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ اَلْمَشْيِ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهَا وَ لاَ بَأْسَ إِنْ مَشَيْتَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا.

Hadith.461 - Abu Ja'far, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), said: "Walking behind the funeral procession is better than walking in front of it, but there is no harm if you walk in front."