Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلنُّعْمَانِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلصَّبَّاحِ اَلْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ فِي أَرْضٍ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلاَّ اَلنِّسَاءُ قَالَ« يُدْفَنُ وَ لاَ يُغَسَّلُ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ تَكُونُ مَعَ اَلرِّجَالِ بِتِلْكَ اَلْمَنْزِلَةِ تُدْفَنُ وَلاَ تُغَسَّلُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ زَوْجُهَا مَعَهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ زَوْجُهَا مَعَهَا غَسَّلَهَا مِنْ فَوْقِ اَلدِّرْعِ وَ يَسْكُبُ اَلْمَاءَ عَلَيْهَا سَكْباً وَ لاَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَوْرَتِهَا وَ تُغَسِّلُهُ اِمْرَأَتُهُ إِنْ مَاتَ وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ لَيْسَتْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اَلرِّجَالِ اَلْمَرْأَةُ أَسْوَأُ مَنْظَراً إِذَا مَاتَتْ».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id narrated from Ali ibn al-Nu'man, from Abu al-Sabbah al-Kinani, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام.
Imam عليه السلام said regarding a man who dies during a journey in a land where there are only women present: "He is to be buried without being washed. Similarly, if a woman is among men in that situation, she is to be buried without being washed - unless her husband is present with her. If her husband is present, he may wash her from above her garment by pouring water over her without looking at her private parts. Likewise, a woman may wash her husband if he dies. However, a woman is not in the same position as men. The appearance of a woman is more difficult to handle when she dies."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 464
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 122