Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

And through this chain of narrators, from Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd, from ‘Abdullah ibn Sinan: He said: I asked Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام, "How should I prepare the shroud (Kafan)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Take a piece of cloth and tie it around his lower body and legs." I asked: "What about the Izar (lower garment)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "It is not considered significant; it is only used to secure that area so nothing comes out. What is made from cotton is better than it. Then the shirt (Qamis) is torn after washing and removed from the legs." Imam عليه السلام said: "The shroud consists of a shirt without buttons or sewn edges, and a turban (Imamah) that is tied around the head, with its excess length folded back over the legs."