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
عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلصَّلْتِ عَنِ اَلنَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِالْحَنُوطِ قَالَ« تَضَعُ فِي فَمِهِ وَ مَسَامِعِهِ وَ آثَارِ اَلسُّجُودِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ وَ يَدَيْهِ وَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ».
Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Ali, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Salt, from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd, from ‘Abdullah ibn Sinan.
I asked Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام: "How should I apply the embalming mixture (Hanoot)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Place it in his mouth, ears, and on the traces of prostration - his forehead, hands, and knees."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 326
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