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, narrated to me from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali, from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from Abu Ja'far, from Abu al-Jawza, from al-Husayn ibn 'Alwan, from 'Amr ibn Khalid, from Zayd ibn Ali, from his forefathers, from (Imam) Ali عليه السلام. Imam عليه السلام said: “If a man dies during travel and is accompanied only by women, none of whom are his wife or a mahram, they should cover him with a cloth up to his knees, pour water over him without looking at his private parts, and avoid touching him with their hands while ensuring his purification.”