Chapter on Obligatory and Recommended Ritual Washing
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 5
وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« يَغْتَسِلُ اَلَّذِي غَسَّلَ اَلْمَيِّتَ وَ إِنْ قَبَّلَ اَلْمَيِّتَ إِنْسَانٌ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ وَ هُوَ حَارٌّ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا مَسَّهُ وَ قَبَّلَهُ وَ قَدْ بَرَدَ فَعَلَيْهِ اَلْغُسْلُ وَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهُ بَعْدَ اَلْغُسْلِ وَ يُقَبِّلَهُ».
Through this chain of narration, from Muhammad ibn Ya’qub, from a group of our companions, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr, from Abdullah ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said:
Imam عليه السلام said: "The one who washes the deceased must perform ghusl. If someone kisses the deceased after their death while the body is still warm, there is no ghusl upon them. However, if they touch or kiss the deceased after the body has cooled, then they must perform ghusl. There is no issue in touching or kissing the deceased after having performed ghusl."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 113
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