Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلصَّلْتِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُغَسِّلُ اِمْرَأَتَهُ قَالَ« نَعَمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ اَلثَّوْبِ لاَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى شَعْرِهَا وَ لاَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا وَ اَلْمَرْأَةُ تُغَسِّلُ زَوْجَهَا لِأَنَّهُ إِذَا مَاتَ كَانَتْ فِي عِدَّةٍ مِنْهُ وَ إِذَا مَاتَتْ هِيَ فَقَدِ اِنْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا» وَ عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ وَ لاَ نِسَاءٌ قَالَ« تُدْفَنُ كَمَاهِيَ بِثِيَابِهَا» وَ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ وَ لاَ رِجَالٌ قَالَ« يُدْفَنُ كَمَا هُوَ فِي ثِيَابِهِ».
Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali, from Abdullah ibn al-Salt, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad, from al-Halabi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام:
Imam عليه السلام was asked about a man washing his wife. Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, he may wash her from behind the garment, without looking at her hair or any part of her body. A woman may also wash her husband because, if he dies, she remains in his waiting period (iddah). However, if she dies, her waiting period is already completed." Imam عليه السلام was also asked about a woman who dies while traveling, and there is no Mahram (male guardian) or other women with her. Imam عليه السلام said: "She should be buried as she is, in her clothes." Imam عليه السلام was further asked about a man who dies while traveling, and there is no Mahram or other men with him. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should be buried as he is, in his clothes."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 466
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