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 بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْكُوفِيِّ عَنِ اِبْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اَلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ وَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« لاَ تُجَمِّرُوا اَلْأَكْفَانَ وَ لاَ تَمَسُّوا مَوْتَاكُمْ بِالطِّيبِ إِلاَّ بِالْكَافُورِ فَإِنَّ اَلْمَيِّتَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اَلْمُحْرِمِ».
And through this chain of transmission, from Muhammad bin Ya’qub, from a group of our companions, from Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Kufi, from Ibn Jumhur, from his father, from Muhammad bin Sinan, from Al-Mufaddal bin Umar - he also narrated from Abdullah bin Abdur-Rahman, from Hariz, from Muhammad bin Muslim, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام said that Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام said: "Do not perfume the shrouds (akfan) with incense (tajmir), and do not anoint your deceased with perfume except with kafur (camphor). For the deceased is in the position of one in the state of ihram (sacred state during pilgrimage)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 311
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