Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 13
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Book 1, Chapter 13
Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds
أَخْبَرَنِي اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ قَالَ:« إِذَا تَمَّ لِلسِّقْطِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ غُسِّلَ» وَ قَالَ« إِذَا تَمَّ لَهُ سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ فَهُوَ تَامٌّ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اَلْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وُلِدَ وَ هُوَ اِبْنُ سِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated from Abu Ja‘far Muhammad bin Ali, from Muhammad bin Al-Hasan, from Ahmad bin Idris, from Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Yahya, from Ahmad bin Muhammad, from someone who mentioned it:
It was said: "If the fetus reaches four months, it should be washed." Imam عليه السلام also said: "If it reaches six months, it is considered complete. This is because (Imam) Al-Husayn bin Ali عليه السلام, was born at six months."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 349
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