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
وَ أَخْبَرَنِي اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« اَلْمَيِّتُ يُكَفَّنُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ سِوَى اَلْعِمَامَةِ وَ اَلْخِرْقَةِ تُشَدُّ بِهَا وَرِكَيْهِ لِكَيْلاَ يَبْدُوَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ وَ اَلْخِرْقَةُ وَ اَلْعِمَامَةُ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهُمَا وَ لَيْسَتَا مِنَ اَلْكَفَنِ».
The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu Al-Qasim Ja’far bin Muhammad, from Muhammad bin Ya’qub, from a group of our companions, from Sahl bin Ziyad, from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi Nasr, from Abdullah bin Sinan, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام said: "The deceased is shrouded in three garments, excluding the turban (imamah) and the cloth (khirqah) that is tied around his hips to prevent anything from (privates) being exposed. The khirqah and the imamah are essential, but they are not considered part of the kafan (obligatory shroud)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 310
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