Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى اِمْرَأَتِهِ حِينَ تَمُوتُ وَ يُغَسِّلَهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مَنْ يُغَسِّلُهَا وَ عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ هَلْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا حِينَ يَمُوتُ فَقَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ أَهْلُ اَلْمَرْأَةِ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ زَوْجُهَا إِلَى شَيْءٍ يَكْرَهُونَهُ».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id narrated from Fadalah ibn Ayyub, from Abdullah ibn Sinan, who said:
I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, whether a man is permitted to look at his wife when she dies and to wash her if there is no one else available to wash her. I also asked whether a woman is allowed to look at her husband in a similar situation when he dies. Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no problem with that. However, it is usually the woman's family who prevent her husband from looking at something they find unpleasant."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 464
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 122