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 رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِزْقٍ اَلْغُمْشَانِيُّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنْ أَعْصِرَ بَطْنَهُ ثُمَّ أُوَضِّئَهُ ثُمَّ أَغْسِلَهُ بِالْأُشْنَانِ ثُمَّ أَغْسِلَ رَأْسَهُ بِالسِّدْرِ وَ لِحْيَتَهُ ثُمَّ أُفِيضَ عَلَى جَسَدِهِ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَدْلُكَ بِهِ جَسَدَهُ ثُمَّ أُفِيضَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثاً ثُمَّ أَ غْسِلَهُ بِالْمَاءِ اَلْقَرَاحِ ثُمَّ أُفِيضَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْمَاءَ بِالْكَافُورِ وَبِالْمَاءِ اَلْقَرَاحِ وَأَطْرَحَ فِيهِ سَبْعَ وَرَقَاتِ سِدْرٍ
Ahmad ibn Rizq al-Ghamshani narrated from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar.
Imam عليه السلام said: Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام instructed me to press the abdomen (of the deceased), then perform ablution (Wudu) for him, then wash him with soapwort (Ushnan). After that, wash his head and beard with lotus leaves (Sidr), then pour water mixed with Sidr over his body, rub his body with it, and pour it over him three times. Then wash him with pure water, and pour water mixed with camphor and pure water over him, placing seven lotus leaves (Sidr) in it.
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 321
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