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

As for what indicates the recommendation of adding two extra garments in the shroud of a woman, it is what the Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu al-Qasim Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub, from a group of our companions, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from some of our companions, who transmitted it, saying: I asked as how a woman is shrouded. Imam عليه السلام said: "She is shrouded as a man is shrouded, except that a cloth is tied around her chest to bind her breasts to her body and secured to her back. More cotton is used for her than for men, and her private parts - both front and back - are filled with cotton and embalmed (with Hanoot). Then, the cloth is tied around her firmly and tightly."