Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلنَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ مَاتَ وَ مَعَهُ نِسْوَةٌ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ قَالَ« يَصْبُبْنَ اَلْمَاءَ مِنْ خَلْفِ اَلثَّوْبِ وَ يَلْفُفْنَهُ فِي أَكْفَانِهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَلسِّتْرِ وَ يُصَلِّينَ صَفّاً وَ يُدْخِلْنَهُ قَبْرَهُ» وَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ مَعَ اَلرِّجَالِ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُنَّ اِمْرَأَةٌ قَالَ« يَصُبُّونَ اَلْمَاءَ مِنْ خَلْفِ اَلثَّوْبِ وَ يَلُفُّونَهَا فِي أَكْفَانِهَا وَ يُصَلُّونَ وَ يَدْفِنُونَ».
Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from Ahmad ibn Idris, from Muhammad ibn Salim, from Ahmad ibn al-Nadr, from ‘Amr ibn Shimr, from Jabir:
Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام was asked regarding a man who died while accompanied only by women and there was no man with them. Imam عليه السلام said: "They should pour water over him from behind a cloth, wrap him in his shroud under the cover, pray over him in a row, and then lower him into his grave." And (Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding a woman who dies among men with no woman present. Imam عليه السلام said: "They should pour water over her from behind a cloth, wrap her in her shroud, pray over her, and then bury her."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 467
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