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 Ali bin Muhammad Al-Qasani, from Muhammad bin Muhammad, from Ali bin Bilal: He (Ali bin Bilal) wrote to Imam عليه السلام asking about the use of jareedah (fresh palm branches) if they could not be found - whether something else could be used in its place in a location where palm trees were unavailable. Imam عليه السلام wrote in response: "It is permissible to substitute something else if jareedah is unavailable, but jareedah is better."