Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« إِذَا غَسَّلْتُمُ اَلْمَيِّتَ مِنْكُمْ فَارْفُقُوا بِهِ وَ لاَ تَعْصِرُوهُ وَ لاَ تَغْمِزُوا لَهُ مَفْصِلاً وَ لاَ تُقَرِّبُوا أُذُنَيْهِ شَيْئاً مِنَ اَلْكَافُورِ ثُمَّ خُذُوا عِمَامَتَهُ فَانْشُرُوهَا مَثْنِيَّةً عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ اِطْرَحْ طَرَفَيْهَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَ أَبْرِزْ جَبْهَتَهُ» قُلْتُ فَالْحَنُوطُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِهِ قَالَ« يُوضَعُ فِي مَنْخِرِهِ وَ مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ وَ مَفَاصِلِهِ» قُلْتُ فَالْكَفَنُ قَالَ« تُؤْخَذُ خِرْقَةٌ فَيَشُدُّ بِهَا سُفْلَيْهِ وَ يَضُمُّ فَخِذَيْهِ بِهَا لِيُضَمَّ مَا هُنَاكَ وَ مَا يُصْنَعُ مِنَ اَلْقُطْنِ أَفْضَلُ ثُمَّ يُكَفَّنُ بِقَمِيصٍ وَ لِفَافَةٍ وَ بُرْدٍ يُجْمَعُ فِيهِ اَلْكَفَنُ».
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Ayyub, from Humran ibn A’yan, who said:
Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "When you wash one of your deceased, be gentle with him. Do not squeeze him, do not press any of his joints, and do not bring any camphor near his ears. Then take his turban, unfold it, and spread it doubled over his head. Let its two ends hang behind him, and leave his forehead exposed." I asked: "What should I do with the hanut (fragrance)?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "It should be placed in his nostrils, on the place of his prostration, and on his joints." I asked: "What about the shroud?" He said: "A piece of cloth should be taken to tie his lower part, fastening his thighs with it to keep what is there covered. Using cotton for this purpose is better. Then he should be shrouded in a shirt, a wrap, and a cloak (burd), which together form the shroud."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 473
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 125