al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 1028
✧ Preparing Food for the Family of the Deceased
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وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ فِي الزُّهْدِ: حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَشْجَعِيُّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ طَاوُسٌ:
إِنَّ الْمَوْتَى يُفْتَنُونَ فِي قُبُورِهِمْ سَبْعًا، فَكَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُطْعَمَ عَنْهُمْ تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامَ
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- Aḥmad Fī al-Zuhd
- Hāshim b. al-Qāsim
- al-Ashjaʿī
- Sufyān
- Ṭāwus
✧ The dead are tested in their graves for seven days, so they used to recommend that food be given on their behalf during those days.
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