Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar said: I wrote to Imam عليه السلام asking about a man whose hands or body come into contact with the garment of a deceased person, which is directly in contact with the deceased's skin before the body is washed - does he have to wash his hands or body? Imam عليه السلام replied: "If your hand touches the body of the deceased before it is washed, then ghusl is obligatory upon you."