Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َيِّتُ يُكَفَّنُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ سِوَى الْعِ٠َةِ وَالْخِرْقَةِ يَشُدُّ بِهَا وَرِكَيْهِ لِكَيْلاَ يَبْدُوَ ٠ِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَالْخِرْقَةُ وَالْعِ٠6.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A deceased must be shrouded with three pieces of cloth besides turban, and one piece which is wrapped around the hips, so that nothing is exposed.

The piece of cloth and turban are necessary but they are not part of shroud.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/311))