Chapter on Touching the Deceased

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 25
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 25

Chapter on Touching the Deceased

وَ رَوَى أَبُو مَرْيَمَ اَلْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ - «اَلشَّهِيدُ إِذَا كَانَ بِهِ رَمَقٌ غُسِّلَ وَ كُفِّنَ وَ حُنِّطَ وَ صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ رَمَقٌ كُفِّنَ فِي أَثْوَابِهِ.
Abu Mariam Al-Ansari narrated that Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "If a martyr has a remaining breath (sign of life), then he should be washed, shrouded, embalmed, and funeral prayers should be offered for him. But if there is no remaining breath, he should be shrouded in his own clothes."
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 30