الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي عَلَى مَيِّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَمْوَاتٍ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ ثَلَاثَةً أَوِ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ عَشَرَةً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَاةً وَاحِدَةً يُكَبِّرُ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ كَمَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى مَيِّتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ قَدْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ جَمِيعاً يَضَعُ مَيِّتاً وَاحِداً ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ الْآخَرَ إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الْأَوَّلِ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الثَّالِثِ إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الثَّانِي شِبْهَ الْمَدْرَجِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ مَا كَانُوا فَإِذَا سَوَّاهُمْ هَكَذَا قَامَ فِي الْوَسَطِ فَكَبَّرَ خَمْسَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ يَفْعَلُ كَمَا يَفْعَلُ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى مَيِّتٍ وَاحِدٍ سُئِلَ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمَوْتَى رِجَالًا وَ نِسَاءً قَالَ يَبْدَأُ بِالرِّجَالِ فَيَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الثَّانِي إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كُلِّهِمْ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الْمَرْأَةِ إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الرَّجُلِ الْأَخِيرِ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُ رَأْسَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْأُخْرَى إِلَى أَلْيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْأُولَى حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ فَإِذَا سَوَّى هَكَذَا قَامَ فِي الْوَسَطِ وَسَطِ الرِّجَالِ فَكَبَّرَ وَ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي عَلَى مَيِّتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ سُئِلَ عَنْ مَيِّتٍ صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ الْإِمَامُ فَإِذَا الْمَيِّتُ مَقْلُوبٌ رِجْلَاهُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ رَأْسِهِ قَالَ يُسَوَّى وَ تُعَادُ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ حُمِلَ مَا لَمْ يُدْفَنْ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دُفِنَ فَقَدْ مَضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ مَدْفُونٌ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Amro Bin Saeed, from Musaddaq Bin Sadaqa, from Ammar Al Sabaty, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> regarding the man who (wants to) pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over two dead bodies, or three dead bodies, how should he pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over them. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If there were three, or two, or ten, or more than that, so let his pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over them as one <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span>, exclaiming five <span class="iTxt">Takbeer</span>s upon them just as he would pray upon one deceased, and he would have prayed over them altogether. He should place one dead body, them make the other one to be parallel to the first, then make the head of the third one parallel to the second like a staircase, until he is free from all of them, whatever (their number) would be. So when he has arranged them like this, he should stand in the middle and exclaim five <span class="iTxt">Takbeer</span>s, doing just as he would do when he prays <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over one dead body’. He<sup>asws</sup> was asked, ‘Supposing the deceased were men and women?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should begin with the men, and place the head of the second one parallel to the first until he was free from the men, all of them. Then he should make the head of the woman to be parallel to the last man, then make the head of the next woman to be parallel to the first woman, until he is free from them, all of them. So when he has arranged like this, he should stand in the middle, the middle of the men, and he should exclaim <span class="iTxt">Takbeer</span>s and pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> over them just as he would pray upon one deceased’. And he<sup>asws</sup> was asked about a deceased who had been prayed upon, so when the prayer leader concluded, it was so that its feet were in place of its head. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It should be corrected and the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> would be repeated upon him, and even if he had been carried, so long as he had not been buried yet. So if it was so that he had been buried, so the <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> would have expired, and he would not be prayed upon and he is already buried’.
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