Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي اَلْخَطَّابِ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ وَ ذُبْيَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أُكَيْلٍ اَلنُّمَيْرِيِّ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ اَلْمَيِّتَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْكَ وَ أَنْ تَقُومَ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَتُغَسِّلَهُ إِذَا قَلَّبْتَهُ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالاً تَضْبِطُهُ بِرِجْلَيْكَ كَيْلاَ يَسْقُطَ لِوَجْهِهِ».
Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi al-Khattab and Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal, from his father, from Ali ibn Uqbah and Dhubyan ibn Hakim, from Musa ibn Uqayl al-Numayri, from Al-Ala ibn Sayabah, who said:
Abu Abdullah عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in placing the deceased between your legs and standing over him to wash him. When you turn him to the right and to the left, you may secure him with your legs to prevent him from falling face down."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 474
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 126