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 ‘Abdullah al-Misma‘i, from Isma‘il ibn Yasar al-Wasiti, from Saif ibn ‘Amirah, from Abu Bakr al-Hadrami, from Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not enter the grave while wearing a turban, a cap, a cloak, or shoes, and unfasten your buttons." I asked: "What about boots (Khuff)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in wearing boots in cases of necessity or Taqiyyah (precautionary dissimulation), but he should strive to avoid it as much as possible."