Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلاَّ نِسَاءٌ قَالَ« تُغَسِّلُهُ اِمْرَأَتُهُ لِأَنَّهَا مِنْهُ فِي عِدَّةٍ وَإِذَا مَاتَتْ لَمْ يُغَسِّلْهَا لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا فِي عِدَّةٍ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id narrated from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad ibn Uthman, from Zurara:
Abu Abdillah عليه السلام was asked regarding a man who dies and only women are present. Imam عليه السلام said: "His wife may wash his body because she is in his waiting period (iddah) with him. However, if she dies, he may not wash her body because he is not in her waiting period."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 463
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