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 #59

عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلصَّلْتِ عَنِ اَلنَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِالْحَنُوطِ قَالَ« تَضَعُ فِي فَمِهِ وَ مَسَامِعِهِ وَ آثَارِ اَلسُّجُودِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ وَ يَدَيْهِ وَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ».

Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Ali, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Salt, from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd, from ‘Abdullah ibn Sinan. I asked Abu ‘Abdullah : "How should I apply the embalming mixture (Hanoot)?" Imam said: "Place it in his mouth, ears, and on the traces of prostration - his forehead, hands, and knees."

Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 326