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 بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُحَنِّطَ اَلْمَيِّتَ فَاعْمِدْ إِلَى اَلْكَافُورِ فَامْسَحْ بِهِ آثَارَ اَلسُّجُودِ مِنْهُ وَ مَفَاصِلَهُ كُلَّهَا وَ رَأْسَهُ وَ لِحْيَتَهُ وَ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ مِنَ اَلْحَنُوطِ» وَ قَالَ« اَلْحَنُوطُ لِلرَّجُلِ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ سَوَاءٌ» وَ قَالَ« وَ أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُتْبَعَ بِمِجْمَرَةٍ».
And through this chain of narrators, from Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub, from ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammad, from al-Halabi, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام said: "When you intend to embalm (Tahnit) the deceased, take the camphor and wipe it over the traces of prostration, all the joints, the head, the beard, and the chest with the embalming mixture (Hanoot)." Imam عليه السلام also said: "The embalming process is the same for both men and women." And Imam عليه السلام said: "I dislike following the deceased with a censer (Majmarah)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 325
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