Chapter on Obligatory and Recommended Ritual Washing
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 5
وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتاً فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ» قَالَ« وَ إِنْ مَسَّهُ مَادَامَ حَارّاً فَلاَ غُسْلَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا بَرَدَ ثُمَّ مَسَّهُ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ» قُلْتُ فَمَنْ أَدْخَلَهُ اَلْقَبْرَ قَالَ« لاَ غُسْلَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّمَا يَمَسُّ اَلثِّيَابَ».
Through this chain of narration, from Muhammad ibn Ya’qub, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Hariz, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said:
Imam عليه السلام said: "Whoever washes a deceased person must perform ghusl." Imam عليه السلام continued: "If someone touches the body while it is still warm, then no ghusl is required. However, if the body has cooled and they touch it, then they must perform ghusl." I asked: "What about the one who places the body in the grave?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "No ghusl is required for that, as they only touch the clothing."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 113
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