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 Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad, from Al-Halabi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: "My father (Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام) wrote in his will that I should shroud him in three garments - one of them being a striped cloak (hibrah) that he used to wear for prayer on Fridays, along with another garment and a shirt (qamis)." I asked my father (Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام): "Why are you writing this?" Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام said: "I fear that people might pressure you, saying, 'Shroud him in four or five garments.' Do not do that." Imam Al Baqir عليه السلام added: "Also, wrap me in a turban (imamah), but the turban is not considered part of the kafan. Only what is used to wrap the body is counted as kafan."