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 ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah, from a man, from Yahya ibn ‘Ubadah, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: "A fresh palm branch (Jareedah), about an arm’s length, should be taken and placed" - and he gestured with his hand from the collarbone to the hand -"and it should be wrapped with his shroud." The narrator said: I later met Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام and asked him about this, and Imam عليه السلام said, "Yes, I did narrate it to Yahya ibn ‘Ubadah."