Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)

Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated from al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha', from Ahmad ibn 'A'id, from al-Husayn ibn Mukhtar, who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: “Can a man enter the state of ihram in a black garment?” Imam عليه السلام said: “He should not enter ihram in a black garment, nor should he be shrouded in it.”