Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّفَّارُ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اَلْمَيِّتَيْنِ عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِي مَوْضِعِ اَلْحَاجَةِ وَ قِلَّةِ اَلنَّاسِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ اَلْمَيِّتَانِ رَجُلاً وَ اِمْرَأَةً يُحْمَلاَنِ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمَا فَوَقَّعَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« لاَ يُحْمَلُ اَلرَّجُلُ مَعَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ وَاحِدٍ».
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar said: “I wrote to Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Askari عليه السلام asking: "Is it permissible to place two deceased persons on one bier in a situation of necessity and a lack of people? And if the two deceased are a man and a woman, can they be carried on one bier and prayed over together?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "A man should not be carried together with a woman on one bier."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 481
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 128