قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لَا تَفْدَحْ مَيِّتَكَ بِالْقَبْرِ وَ لَكِنْ ضَعْهُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْهُ بِذِرَاعَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ وَ دَعْهُ يَأْخُذُ أُهْبَتَهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Muhammad Bin Ajlan who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do not offload your dead one in the grave, but place him away from it by two cubits or three, and leave it to prepare himself’.
Book (Kitab)كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ
Chapter (Bab)باب فِي وَضْعِ الْجَنَازَةِ دُونَ الْقَبْرِ
CollectionAl-Kafi
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