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
ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ إِذَا مَاتَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ مَيِّتٌ فَسَجُّوهُ تِجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ إِذَا غُسِّلَ يُحْفَرُ لَهُ مَوْضِعُ الْمُغْتَسَلِ تِجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ، فَيَكُونُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ بَاطِنِ قَدَمَيْهِ وَوَجْهُهُ الْقِبْلَةَ
Ibn Abi Umayr narrated from Hisham bin Salim, from Sulayman bin Khalid, who said:
I heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام say: "If one of you has a deceased person, lay him facing the Qibla. Likewise, when he is washed, the place of washing (al-mughtasal) should be prepared facing the Qibla, so that the soles of his feet and his face are directed towards the Qibla."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 315
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