Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: يُشَقُّ الْكَفَنُ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ الْمَيِّتُ فِي قَبْرِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَأْسِهِ.
Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said:
Imam عليه السلام said: "The shroud is torn (opened) when the deceased is placed in his grave, from the side of his head."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 486
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