Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
اَلنَّضْرُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَ عَنْ غُسْلِ اَلْمَيِّتِ كَيْفَ يُغْسَلُ قَالَ« بِمَاءٍ وَ سِدْرٍ وَ اِغْسِلْ جَسَدَهُ كُلَّهُ وَ اِغْسِلْهُ أُخْرَى بِمَاءٍ وَ كَافُورٍ ثُمَّ اِغْسِلْهُ أُخْرَى بِمَاءٍ» قُلْتُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ فَمَا يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ حِينَ يُغَسِّلُهُ قَالَ« إِنِ اِسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ فَتُغَسِّلُ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَلْقَمِيصِ».
Al-Nadr ibn Suwayd narrated from Hisham ibn Salim, from Sulayman ibn Khalid, who said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about the washing of the deceased - how should he be washed? Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: "With water and lotus leaves (sidr). Wash his entire body, then wash him again with water and camphor, and then wash him again with water." I said: “Three times?” Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes (three times)." I asked: “What should be on him while he is being washed?” Imam عليه السلام said: "If you can ensure that he has a shirt (qamis) on, then wash him from under the shirt."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 472
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 125