Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

And through this chain of narrators, from ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: "One day, during his illness, my father (Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام) said to me: 'O my son, bring in some men from Quraysh who live in Medina so that I may have them bear witness.' So I brought some of them to him (Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام). He (Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام) said: 'O Ja‘far عليه السلام, when I die, wash me, shroud me, raise my grave by the width of four fingers, and sprinkle it with water.' When they left, I said: 'O my father عليه السلام, if you had commanded me to do this, I would have done it. Why did you want to bring people to witness it?' He (imam Al Baqir عليه السلام) replied: 'O my son عليه السلام, I wanted to make sure that no one would dispute with you about it.'"