Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding 8ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ النَّوَّاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) إِنِّي أَغْسِلُ الْ٠َوْتَى قَالَ وَتُحْسِنُ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَغْسِلُ فَقَالَ إِذَا غَسَلْتَ فَارْفُقْ بِهِ وَلاَ تَغْ٠ِعَهُ بِكَافُورٍ وَإِذَا عَ٠ْتَهُ فَلاَ تُعَ٠َّةَ الأعْرَابِيِّ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ قَالَ خُذِ الْعِ٠ِنْ وَسَطِهَا وَانْشُرْهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ ثُ٠َّ رُدَّهَا إِلَى خَلْفِهِ وَاطْرَحْ طَرَفَيْهَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Treat it very gently, do not pinch his body, do not touch his ears with camphor and when preparing turban for him, do not wrap it like the turban of an Arab.’ I then asked, ‘How must I do it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Hold it from its center and spread it on his head turn it to the back of the head and allow the rest to hang down his chest.’” جهول كالحسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/312))