Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ اَلشَّحَّامِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اِمْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ وَ هِيَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمُ اِمْرَأَةٌ غَيْرُهَا قَالَ« إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ لَهَا زَوْجٌ وَ لاَ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ لَهَا دَفَنُوهَا بِثِيَابِهَا وَ لاَ يُغَسِّلُونَهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ زَوْجُهَا أَوْ ذُو رَحِمٍ لَهَا فَلْيُغَسِّلْهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى عَوْرَتِهَا» قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَاتَ فِي اَلسَّفَرِ مَعَ نِسَاءٍ لَيْسَ مَعَهُنَّ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ« إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فِيهِنَّ اِمْرَأَةٌ فَلْيُدْفَنْ فِي ثِيَابِهِ وَ لاَ يُغَسَّلْ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ فِيهِنَّ اِمْرَأَةٌ فَلْتُغَسِّلْ فِي قَمِيصٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَى عَوْرَتِهِ».
Sa'd ibn 'Abdullah narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, from Abu Jamilah, from Zayd al-Shahham:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about a woman who died in a place where there was no other woman except her. Imam عليه السلام said: "If there is no husband or mahram (close male relative) present with her, they should bury her in her clothes without washing her. But if her husband or a mahram is present, he should wash her without looking at her private parts." Zayd said: “I also asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who died during travel, and he was among women, with no man present among them. Imam عليه السلام said: "If he has no wife among them, they should bury him in his clothes without washing him. But if he has a wife among them, she should wash him while he is clothed, without looking at his private parts."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 469
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