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
مَا رَوَاهُ اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّا يُكَفَّنُ بِهِ اَلْمَيِّتُ قَالَ« ثَلاَثَةُ أَثْوَابٍ وَ إِنَّمَا كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ ثَوْبَيْنِ صُحَارِيَّيْنِ وَ ثَوْبِ حِبَرَةٍ وَ اَلصُّحَارِيَّةُ تَكُونُ بِالْيَمَامَةِ وَ كُفِّنَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ».
Al-Husayn bin Sa’id narrated from Zur’ah, from Sama’ah, who said:
I asked Imam Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about what the deceased should be shrouded in. Imam عليه السلام said: "Three garments. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) was shrouded in three garments: two Yemeni suhariyyah cloths and a striped sheet (hibrah). The suhariyyah cloth comes from Yamamah. Abu Ja’far عليه السلام was also shrouded in three garments."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 308
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 112