Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1705
Book 5: Funerals
Chapter 6.2 Burying the Dead – Section 2
باب دفن الميت – الفصل الثاني
Mishkat al-Masabih 1705
Ibn ‘Abbas said God’s messenger was lowered gently into the grave head first.
Shafi’i transmitted it.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: سُلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ. رَوَاهُ الشَّافِعِي
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