Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 13

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 13

Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

Hadith #15

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلْكَاهِلِيِّ وَ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ اَلْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« اَلْقَصْدُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَةُ مَثَاقِيلَ».

And in the narration of Al-Kahili and Husayn bin Al-Mukhtar, from Abu Abdullah : Imam said: "The recommended amount for that (camphor) is four mithqals."

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 308