On Miscellaneous Topics
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 28
وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي آخِرِ حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ: «يَصِفُ فِيهِ غُسْلَ اَلْمَيِّتِ لاَ تُخَلِّلْ أَظَافِيرَهُ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said at the end of a long narration describing the washing of the deceased: "Do not interlace (clean) the fingernails”.
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