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
سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: يُكَفَّنُ الْمَيِّتُ فِي خَمْسَةِ أَثْوَابٍ: قَمِيصٍ لَا يُزَرُّ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِزَارٍ، وَخِرْقَةٍ يُعْصَبُ بِهَا وَسَطُهُ، وَبُرْدٍ يُلَفُّ فِيهِ، وَعِمَامَةٍ يُعْتَمُّ بِهَا وَيُلْقَى فَضْلُهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ.
Sahl ibn Ziyad narrated from Ibn Mahbub, from Mu‘awiyah ibn Wahb, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام said: "The deceased should be shrouded in five garments - a shirt (Qamis) without buttons, a lower garment (Izar), a cloth (Khirqah) tied around the waist, a striped outer wrap (Burd) in which he is wrapped, and a turban (Imamah) with which his head is covered, leaving its excess length over his face."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 329
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