Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ شِهَابِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْجُنُبِ أَ يُغَسِّلُ اَلْمَيِّتَ أَوْ مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتاً أَ يَأْتِي أَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ يَغْتَسِلُ فَقَالَ« هُمَا سَوَاءٌ لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ إِذَا كَانَ جُنُباً غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ وَ تَوَضَّأَ وَ غَسَّلَ اَلْمَيِّتَ وَ هُوَ جُنُبٌ وَ إِنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتاً ثُمَّ أَتَى أَهْلَهُ تَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ أَتَى أَهْلَهُ وَ يُجْزِيهِ غُسْلٌ وَاحِدٌ لَهُمَا».
Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Yahya from Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Nuh bin Shu'ayb, from Shihab bin Abd Rabbih, who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: "Can a person in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity) wash a deceased body? Or if someone has washed a dead body, can he approach his wife before performing ghusl?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Both cases are the same; there is no harm in it. If a person is in a state of janabah, he should wash his hands, perform wudu', and then wash the deceased while still in janabah. And if he has washed a deceased person and then wants to approach his wife, he should perform wudu', then approach his wife. A single ghusl suffices for both acts."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 475
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 127