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
عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَمَّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ اَلْقَمِيصُ أَ يُكَفَّنُ فِيهِ قَالَ« اِقْطَعْ أَزْرَارَهُ» قُلْتُ وَ كُمَّهُ قَالَ« لاَ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ إِذَا قُطِعَ لَهُ وَ هُوَ جَدِيدٌ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ كُمّاً فَأَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ ثَوْباً لَبِيساً فَلاَ تَقْطَعْ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ اَلْأَزْرَارَ».
From him, from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from someone who informed him, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام.
He said: I asked Imam عليه السلام, "If a man has a shirt, should he be shrouded in it?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Cut off its buttons." I asked: "And its sleeves?" Imam عليه السلام said: "No. That is only if it is cut for him and is new, in which case no sleeves should be made for it. But if it is a garment that has already been worn, then do not cut anything from it except the buttons."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 323
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