On Miscellaneous Topics
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 28
وَ رَوَى عَمَّارٌ اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إِنْ غَسَلْتَ رَأْسَ اَلْمَيِّتِ وَ لِحْيَتَهُ بِالْخِطْمِيِّ فَلاَ بَأْسَ.
Ammar al-Sabati narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: “If you wash the head and beard of the deceased with khatmi (a type of plant-based soap), there is no issue."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh