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
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ وَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« اَلْكَفَنُ فَرِيضَةٌ لِلرِّجَالِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَثْوَابٍ وَ اَلْعِمَامَةُ وَ اَلْخِرْقَةُ سُنَّةٌ وَ أَمَّا اَلنِّسَاءُ فَفَرِيضَتُهُ خَمْسَةُ أَثْوَابٍ».
Ali bin Ibrahim narrated from his father, from Isma’il, from Yunus, from one of his associates, from Abu Abdullah and Abu Ja’far عليه السلام:
The Imams عليه السلام said: "The kafan (shroud) is obligatory for men in three garments, while the turban (imamah) and the cloth (khirqah) are recommended. As for women, their obligatory kafan consists of five garments."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 308
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