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 Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub, from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amir, from ‘Ali ibn Mahziyar, from Faddalah, from al-Qasim ibn Burayd, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: "A man is shrouded in three garments, and a woman - if she holds a high status - is shrouded in five garments: a tunic (Dir‘), a waistband (Mintaqah), a headcover (Khimar), and two wraps (Lifafatayn)."