Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
اَلنَّضْرُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمَيِّتِ إِذَا مَسَّهُ اَلْإِنْسَانُ أَ فِيهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ« إِذَا مَسِسْتَ جَسَدَهُ حِينَ يَبْرُدُ فَاغْتَسِلْ».
Al-Nadr ibn Suwayd, from Asim ibn Humayd, said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about touching a dead body - does it require ghusl? Imam عليه السلام said: "If you touch its body after it has cooled, then perform ghusl."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 454
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 119