مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Funerals
(طَرِيقَةُ نَزْلِ الْمَيِّتِ فِي الْقَبْرِ)
(The method of lowering the deceased into the grave)
Hadith 1705
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: سُلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَأْسِهِ. رَوَاهُ الشَّافِعِي
Ibn 'Abbas said God’s messenger was lowered gently into the grave head first. Shafi'i transmitted it.
