Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ وَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ مَنْ يُغَسِّلُهُ إِلاَّ اَلنِّسَاءُ قَالَ« تُغَسِّلُهُ اِمْرَأَتُهُ أَوْ ذَاتُ قَرَابَتِهِ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ وَ تَصُبُّ اَلنِّسَاءُ عَلَيْهِ اَلْمَاءَ صَبّاً وَ فِي اَلْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا مَاتَتْ يُدْخِلُ زَوْجُهَا يَدَهُ تَحْتَ قَمِيصِهَا فَيُغَسِّلُهَا».
Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad, from Al-Halabi: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام was asked about a man who dies and there is no one to wash his body except women. Imam عليه السلام said: "His wife or a close female relative, if he has one, may wash his body, and the women should pour water over him." (Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding a woman who dies (if she dies and there is no other woman present to wash her). Imam عليه السلام said: "Her husband may insert his hand under her shirt and wash her body."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 463
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