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

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, reported from Abu Al-Qasim Ja'far bin Muhammad, from Muhammad bin Ya'qub, from Muhammad bin Yahya, from Al-Amraki, from Ali bin Ja'far, from his brother Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who is eaten by a beast or birds, leaving only his bones without flesh. What should be done with him? Imam عليه السلام replied: “He should be washed, shrouded, prayed over, and buried. And if the deceased's body is found in two halves, the funeral prayer should be performed over the half that contains the heart.”