Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ اَلْخَزَّازِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ اَلنَّوَّاءِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنِّي أَغْسِلُ اَلْمَوْتَى قَالَ« أَ وَ تُحْسِنُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَ غْسِلُ قَالَ« إِذَا غَسَلْتَ اَلْمَيِّتَ فَارْفُقْ بِهِ وَ لاَ تَعْصِرْهُ وَ لاَ تَقْرَبَنَّ شَيْئاً مِنْ مَسَامِعِهِ بِكَافُورٍ».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id narrated from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Ibrahim al-Khazzaz, from Uthman al-Nawwa, who said:
I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: "I wash the dead." Imam عليه السلام asked: "Do you do it well?" I replied: "I wash the dead." Imam عليه السلام said: "When you wash the deceased, be gentle with them. Do not squeeze them, and do not bring any camphor near his ears."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 472
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 124