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 مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ اَلْكَاهِلِيِّ وَ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« يُوضَعُ اَلْكَافُورُ مِنَ اَلْمَيِّتِ عَلَى مَوْضِعِ اَلْمَسَاجِدِ وَ عَلَى اَللَّبَّةِ وَ بَاطِنِ اَلْقَدَمَيْنِ وَ مَوْضِعِ اَلشِّرَاكِ مِنَ اَلْقَدَمَيْنِ وَ عَلَى اَلرُّكْبَتَيْنِ وَ اَلرَّاحَتَيْنِ وَ اَلْجَبْهَةِ وَ اَللَّبَّةِ».
Ali ibn Muhammad narrated from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Ibn Muskan, from al-Kahili and al-Husayn ibn al-Mukhtar, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: "Camphor should be placed on the deceased at the locations of prostration - on the forehead, the palms, the knees, the tips of the toes, the inner side of the feet, the insteps where the straps of sandals rest, and the hollow of the throat (Labbah)."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 326
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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