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

Through this chain of narration, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Salim, from al-Mufaddal ibn Umar, who said: I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: “May I be your ransom, what do you say regarding a woman who is traveling with men, and there is no one among them who is her relative, nor is there any other woman with them, and the woman dies? What should be done with her?” Imam عليه السلام said: “She should be washed only in the areas that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has required for tayammum, and she should not be touched, nor should any of her features that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has commanded to be covered be uncovered.” I asked: “How should it be done?” Imam عليه السلام said: “The palms of her hands should be washed first, and then the back of her hands should be washed.”