Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْجَوْزَاءِ اَلْمُنَبِّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: إِذَا مَاتَ اَلرَّجُلُ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ مَعَ اَلنِّسَاءِ لَيْسَ فِيهِنَّ اِمْرَأَتُهُ وَ لاَ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ قَالَ« يُؤَزِّرْنَهُ إِلَى اَلرُّكْبَتَيْنِ وَ يَصْبُبْنَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْمَاءَ صَبّاً وَلاَ يَنْظُرْنَ إِلَى عَوْرَتِهِ وَلاَ يَلْمِسْنَهُ بِأَيْدِيهِنَّ وَ يُطَهِّرْنَهُ فَإِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُ نِسَاءٌ ذَوَاتُ مَحْرَمٍ يُؤَزِّرْنَهُ وَ يَصْبُبْنَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْمَاءَ صَبّاً وَ يَمْسَسْنَ جَسَدَهُ وَلاَ يَمْسَسْنَ فَرْجَهُ».
Sa‘d ibn Abdillah narrated from Abu al-Jawza’, al-Munabbih ibn Abdillah, from al-Husayn ibn ‘Alwan, from ‘Amr ibn Khalid, from Zayd ibn ‘Ali, from his forefathers, from (Imam) ‘Ali عليه السلام, who said:
Imam عليه السلام said: "If a man dies during a journey among women, and there is no wife or any woman from his mahrams among them, they should cover him up to the knees, pour water over him without looking at his private parts, and without touching him with their hands. They should purify him in this way. However, if he is accompanied by women who are his mahrams, they should cover him, pour water over him, and touch his body except for his private parts, which they should not touch."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 467
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