Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْجَوْزَاءِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« أَتَى رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ نَفَرٌ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ اِمْرَأَةً تُوُفِّيَتْ مَعَنَا وَ لَيْسَ مَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ فَقَالَ« كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُمْ» فَقَالُوا صَبَبْنَا عَلَيْهَا اَلْمَاءَ صَبّاً فَقَالَ« أَ مَا وَجَدْتُمُ اِمْرَأَةً مِنْ أَهْلِ اَلْكِتَابِ تُغَسِّلُهَا» قَالُوا لاَ قَالَ« أَ فَلاَ يَمَّمْتُمُوهَا»».
Sa'd ibn 'Abdullah narrated from Abu al-Jawza', from al-Husayn ibn 'Alwan, from 'Amr ibn Khalid, from Zayd ibn 'Ali, from his fathers, from 'Ali عليه السلام:
Imam Ali عليه السلام said: “A group of people came to the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family, and said: "A woman passed away among us, and there was no mahram (close male relative) with her." The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم asked: "What did you do?" They replied: "We poured water over her body by pouring it." The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: "Could you not find a woman from the People of the Book to wash her?" They said: "No." The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم then said: "Could you not have performed tayammum (dry ablution) for her?"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 469
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