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
فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ غِيَاثُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ:« أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُجَمِّرُ اَلْمَيِّتَ بِالْعُودِ فِيهِ اَلْمِسْكُ وَ رُبَّمَا جَعَلَ عَلَى اَلنَّعْشِ اَلْحَنُوطَ وَ رُبَّمَا لَمْ يَجْعَلْهُ وَكَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُتْبَعَ اَلْمَيِّتُ بِالْمِجْمَرَةِ».
As for what was narrated by Ghayath bin Ibrahim, from Abu Abdullah, from his father عليه السلام:
He said: "He (the Imam عليه السلام) would sometimes perfume the deceased with oud (aloeswood) mixed with musk, and sometimes he would place hanut (perfumed preparation) on the bier, and sometimes he would not. However, he disliked following the deceased with a censer (mijmarah) for burning incense."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 312
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