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
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى اَلْيَقْطِينِيُّ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْمَيِّتِ كَيْفَ يُوضَعُ عَلَى اَلْمُغْتَسَلِ مُوَجَّهاً وَجْهُهُ نَحْوَ اَلْقِبْلَةِ أَوْ يُوضَعُ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَ وَجْهُهُ نَحْوَ اَلْقِبْلَةِ قَالَ« يُوضَعُ كَيْفَ تَيَسَّرَ فَإِذَا طَهُرَ وُضِعَ كَمَا يُوضَعُ فِي قَبْرِهِ».
Muhammad bin Isa Al-Yaqtini narrated from Ya’qub bin Yaqtin, who said:
I asked Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ridha عليه السلام about how the deceased should be positioned on the washing table (al-mughtasal). Should the face be directed towards the Qibla, or should the deceased be laid on the right side with the face towards the Qibla? Imam عليه السلام replied: "He should be positioned however it is most convenient. Once he has been purified, he should then be placed as he would be laid in the grave."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 315
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