Washing of the Deceased
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 24
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ غَسَّلَ مُؤْمِناً فَقَالَ إِذَا قَلَّبَهُ: اَللَّهُمَّ هَذَا بَدَنُ عَبْدِكَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ وَ قَدْ أَخْرَجْتَ رُوحَهُ مِنْهُ وَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَعَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ اَللَّهُ ذُنُوبَ سَنَةٍ إِلاَّ اَلْكَبَائِرَ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Any believer who washes the body of another believer and says while turning it: Allāhumma hādhā badan ‘abdika al-mu’min wa qad akhrajta rūḥahu minhu wa farraqta baynahumā fa‘afwuka ‘afwuka ‘afwuka 'O’ Allah سبحانه وتعالى, this is the body of Your believing servant; You have taken their soul from it and separated them from each other, so forgive, forgive, forgive,' Allah سبحانه وتعالى will forgive the washer's sins for a year, except for major sins."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh