Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
وَ رَوَى اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلنُّعْمَانِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ قَالَ: مَضَى صَاحِبٌ لَنَا يَسْأَلُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ مَعَ رِجَالٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ هَلْ يُغَسِّلُونَهَا وَ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا فَقَالَ« إِذَنْ يُدْخَلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَكِنْ يَغْسِلُونَ كَفَّيْهَا».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id narrated from Ali ibn al-Nu‘man, from Dawud ibn Farqad, who said:
A companion of ours went to ask Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام, about a woman who dies among men, none of whom are her mahram (close male relatives). He asked whether they are permitted to wash her while she is in her clothes. Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام, replied: "If they were to do that, it would be exposing her (to improper handling). Instead, they should wash only her hands."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 468
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 123