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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Preparing For Eternal Life Chapter Eight : the Kafan The Kafan is highly valued and a person is considered to be mindful of death if he / she has prepared it prior to their death, which is commendable. The cloth has to be of the finest quality and no expense spared, for on the Day of Resurrection, the deceased will be proud of the Kafan that they wear.

[Lari, Sayyid Mutjtaba Musavi (1992).] The money used to purchase the Kafan must be, with no doubt, lawful money and is not to be used at the time of pilgrimage or in daily prayers. The Kafan needs to be made from white cotton cloth and the thread used needs to have the yarn taken out from it. It also should be Pak ( free from impurities) There needs to be sufficient quantities of cotton placed on the orifices so urine and faeces so not to stain the cloth.

Khak-e-Shifa It is optional that a little Khak-e-Shifa (dust from the grave of Imam Hussain [ A.S.]) and camphor is placed within the Kafan.

The name of the deceased and the father [according to some the Mothers name as well is mentioned here] of the deceased and the triple testimony of the Unity of Allah, the Prophethood of Muhammad [pbuhahp] and of the Imamat ( and the vice-gerency) of the Twelve Imams [A.S.] are written on all the wajib and Mustahab pieces of the Kafan in the following way: Yashhadu/Tashhadu (for female) an laa ilaaha illaallahoo wah'dahoo laashareeka lahoo wa anna Muh'ammadan a'bduhoo wa rasooluhoo wa anna a'liyyan walh'asana walh'usayna wa a'liyyan wa Muh'ammasan wa a'liyyan wal-h'asana walh'ujjatul qaa-ima a;layhimus salam awliyaaa-ulaahu wa aws'iyaa-u Rasoolillaahi wa a-Immatee wa annal Baa'-tha wath thawaaba wal-I'qaaba h'aqq.

(So and so son/daughter of so and so bears witness that there is no Allah but Allah He is the only Allah and has no partner and that Muhammad [pbuhahp] is the servant and the Prophet of Allah [S.A.W] and that Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib [A.S.] and Hassan ibn Ali [A.S.] and Hussain ibn Ali [A.S.] and Ali ibn Al-Hussain [A.S.] and Muhammad al Baqir al Baqir al Baqir [A.S.] and Jafar as Sadiq [A.S.] and Moussa al Qazim [A.S.] and Ali ibn Moussa [A.S.] and Muhammad [A.S.] and Ali [A.S.] and Hassan [A.S.] and Hijjatul Qaimo [A.S.] are the Guides of Allah and the executers of the Prophets of the Prophet's will and my Imams [A.S.]and that resurrection and the reward and punishment are true.