Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ رُبَّمَا مَاتَ عِنْدَنَا اَلْمَيِّتُ فَتَكُونُ اَلْأَرْضُ نَدِيَّةً فَنَفْرُشُ اَلْقَبْرَ بِالسَّاجِ أَوْ نُطْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ فَهَلْ يَجُوزُ فَكَتَبَ« ذَلِكَ جَائِزٌ».
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Qasani, from Muhammad ibn Muhammad, who said:
Ali ibn Bilal wrote to Imam عليه السلام, stating: “Sometimes when a person dies in our area, and the ground is damp (waterlogged). So we line the grave with teakwood (saj) or cover it with it. Is this permissible?" Imam عليه السلام wrote in reply: "That is permissible."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 484
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 129