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hadith 530
Hadith #
530
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
19
Part
The Book on Dying People
Chapter
Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from his people from Yunus from ’A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, who has said the following
“About Hunut and shrouding a deceased, he (the Imam) has said, ‘Spread al-Hibrah (the large sheet of fabric), then spread the loincloth over which you then spread the shirt. Then turn back upward the front side of the shirt. Then find the ground camphor, place a certain amount of it over his forehead on the place for sajdah and then rub camphor over all of his joints from his head down to his toes, on his head, neck, shoulders, and elbows and on all of joints of his hands and legs and on the middle of his palms. Then pick him up and place him on the shirt, then turn the front of the shirt over his front side. The shirt must not have any collar or buttons. Two fresh al-Jaridah (twigs of palm tree), one yard in length are placed with him. One is placed between his knees parallel with his leg and one-half of it parallel with his thigh and the other one under his right armpit. No cotton or camphor is placed in his nostril, eyes, and ears or on his forehead. Then a turban is made for him. The center of the turban is placed on his head and then turned around his head, then the remaining is thrown on his shoulders in opposite sides by throwing the right to the left and the left to the right. Then the remaining is pulled over his chest.”’
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْهُمْ (عَلَيْهِم الْسَّلام) قَالَ
فِي تَحْنِيطِ الْمَيِّتِ وَتَكْفِينِهِ قَالَ ابْسُطِ الْحِبَرَةَ بَسْطاً ثُمَّ ابْسُطْ عَلَيْهَا الإِزَارَ ثُمَّ ابْسُطِ الْقَمِيصَ عَلَيْهِ وَتَرُدُّ مُقَدَّمَ الْقَمِيصِ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اعْمِدْ إِلَى كَافُورٍ مَسْحُوقٍ فَضَعْهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ وَامْسَحْ بِالْكَافُورِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَفَاصِلِهِ مِنْ قَرْنِهِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَفِي رَأْسِهِ وَفِي عُنُقِهِ وَمَنْكِبَيْهِ وَمَرَافِقِهِ وَفِي كُلِّ مَفْصِلٍ مِنْ مَفَاصِلِهِ مِنَ الْيَدَيْنِ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ وَفِي وَسَطِ رَاحَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُحْمَلُ فَيُوضَعُ عَلَى قَمِيصِهِ وَيُرَدُّ مُقَدَّمُ الْقَمِيصِ عَلَيْهِ وَيَكُونُ الْقَمِيصُ غَيْرَ مَكْفُوفٍ وَلاَ مَزْرُورٍ وَيَجْعَلُ لَهُ قِطْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ رَطْباً قَدْرَ ذِرَاعٍ يُجْعَلُ لَهُ وَاحِدَةٌ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ نِصْفٌ مِمَّا يَلِي السَّاقَ وَنِصْفٌ مِمَّا يَلِي الْفَخِذَ وَيُجْعَلُ الأخْرَى تَحْتَ إِبْطِهِ الأيْمَنِ وَلاَ يُجْعَلُ فِي مَنْخِرَيْهِ وَلاَ فِي بَصَرِهِ وَمَسَامِعِهِ وَلاَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ قُطْناً وَلاَ كَافُوراً ثُمَّ يُعَمَّمُ يُؤْخَذُ وَسَطُ الْعِمَامَةِ فَيُثْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بِالتَّدْوِيرِ ثُمَّ يُلْقَى فَضْلُ الشِّقِّ الأيْمَنِ عَلَى الأيْسَرِ وَالأيْسَرِ عَلَى الأيْمَنِ ثُمَّ يُمَدُّ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ.
Tags Washing the DeceasedBurial

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