قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا تَقُولُ فِي قَوْمٍ كَانُوا فِي سَفَرٍ فَهُمْ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ فَإِذَا هُمْ بِرَجُلٍ مَيِّتٍ عُرْيَانٍ قَدْ لَفَظَهُ الْبَحْرُ وَ هُمْ عُرَاةٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا إِزَارٌ كَيْفَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ عُرْيَانٌ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ فَضْلُ ثَوْبٍ يُكَفِّنُونَهُ فِيهِ قَالَ يُحْفَرُ لَهُ وَ يُوضَعُ فِي لَحْدِهِ وَ يُوضَعُ اللَّبِنُ عَلَى عَوْرَتِهِ لِتَسْتُرَ عَوْرَتُهُ بِاللَّبِنِ ثُمَّ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُدْفَنُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَلَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِذَا دُفِنَ قَالَ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ بَعْدَ مَا يُدْفَنُ وَ لَا يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ عُرْيَانٌ حَتَّى تُوَارَى عَوْرَتُهُ.
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Marwan Bin Muslim, from Ammar Bin Musa who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘What are you<sup>asws</sup> saying regarding a group who were in a journey, so they were walking upon the coast of the sea, and they came across a dead man, nude, the sea having washing him ashore, and they were semi-naked, not having upon them except for the trousers. How should they be praying <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon him and he is nude, and there is no excess (clothing) with them to enshroud him in?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘A pit would be dug out for him and he would be placed in his chasm (Lahad), placing a brick/stone upon his private part in order to veil his private part with the brick/stone. Then they should pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon him, then he should be buried’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘So they should not be praying <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon him when he is buried?’ You cannot pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon the deceased after he is buried, nor can you pray <span class="iTxt">Salaat</span> upon him and he is nude until you cover his private part’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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