Washing of the Deceased

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 24
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ قَدْ شَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ وَ سَالَتْ عَيْنُهُ اَلْيُسْرَى وَ رَشَحَ جَبِينُهُ وَ تَقَلَّصَتْ شَفَتَاهُ وَ اِنْتَشَرَ مَنْخِرَاهُ فَأَيَّ ذَلِكَ رَأَيْتَ فَحَسْبُكَ بِهِ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "If you see a believer whose eyes are fixed, the left eye tears up, the forehead perspires, the lips contract, and the nostrils widen, then that is sufficient for you (as a sign of their passing)."
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