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

And through this chain of transmission, from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa, from Muhammad bin Sahl, from his father, who said: I asked Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام about the clothes in which a man prays and fasts - should he be shrouded in them? Imam عليه السلام said: "I prefer that as the kafan (shroud)," referring to a shirt (qamis). I asked: "Should he also be wrapped in three garments?" Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in that, but the shirt (qamis) is more beloved to me."