Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 23

Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ يُحَلُّ كَفَنُ اَلْمَيِّتِ قَالَ« نَعَمْ وَيُبْرَزُ وَجْهُهُ».
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, from Abu Hamza, who said: I asked one of the Imams عليه السلام: "Should the shroud of the deceased be untied?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes, and his face should be uncovered."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 485
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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