Chapter on Touching the Deceased
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 25
وَ سَأَلَهُ عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ مَعَ اَلنِّسَاءِ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعْنَ بِهِ قَالَ «يَلْفُفْنَهُ لَفّاً فِي ثِيَابِهِ وَ يَدْفِنَّهُ وَ لاَ يُغَسِّلْنَهُ.
Abdullah ibn Abi Ya’fur asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about a man who dies while traveling in the company of women, with no other men present. What should they do? Imam عليه السلام replied: "They should wrap him in his clothes and bury him without washing him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh