Chapter on Instructing the Dying (Talqin al-Muhtadarin)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 23
عَلِيٌّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ نُوحٍ قَالَ كَتَبَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ اَلْقَاسِمِ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلثَّالِثِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ يَمُوتُ فَيَأْتِيهِ اَلْغَاسِلُ يُغَسِّلُهُ وَ عِنْدَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ اَلْمُرْجِئَةِ هَلْ يُغَسِّلُهُ غُسْلَ اَلْعَامَّةِ وَ لاَ يُعَمِّمُهُ وَ لاَ يُصَيِّرُ مَعَهُ جَرِيدَةً فَكَتَبَ« يُغَسِّلُهُ غُسْلَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ وَ إِنْ كَانُوا حُضُوراً وَ أَمَّا اَلْجَرِيدَةُ فَلْيَسْتَخْفِ بِهَا وَ لاَ يَرَوْنَهُ وَ لْيَجْهَدْ فِي ذَلِكَ جَهْدَهُ».
Ali narrated from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, who said:
Ahmad ibn al-Qasim wrote to Abu al-Hasan al-Thalith (the Third), peace be upon him, asking: “If a believer dies and the person who is to wash him finds himself in the presence of a group from the Murji'ah (a sect), should he wash him in the manner of the general public - without covering his head with a turban and without placing palm branches (jareedah) with him?” Imam عليه السلام replied in writing: "He should wash him according to the method prescribed for a believer, even if they are present. As for the palm branches, let him conceal them so that they do not see them, and let him strive in doing so with his utmost effort."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 475
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