Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar said: I wrote to Abu Muhammad, (Imam Hasan Al-Askari عليه السلام) asking: “What is the prescribed amount of water used for washing the deceased, as it has been narrated that the junub (one in a state of ritual impurity) washes with six ratls, and the menstruating woman washes with nine ratls? Is there a specific amount of water prescribed for washing the deceased?” Imam عليه السلام replied: “The washing of the deceased should continue until it becomes clean, if Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, wills.”