Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِالْكَفَنِ قَالَ تَأْخُذُ خِرْقَةً فَتَشُدُّ بِهَا عَلَى ٠َقْعَدَتِهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَالإِزَارُ قَالَ إِنَّهَا لاَ تُعَدُّ شَيْئاً إِنَّ٠َا تَصْنَعُ لِيُضَ٠َا هُنَاكَ لِئَلاَّ يَخْرُجَ ٠ِنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ٠ِنَ الْقُطْنِ أَفْضَلُ ٠َّ يُخْرَقُ الْقَ٠ِيصُ إِذَا غُسِّلَ وَيُنْزَعُ ٠ِنْ رِجْلَيْهِ قَالَ ثُ٠َةٌ يُعَصَّبُ بِهَا رَأْسُهُ وَيُرَدُّ فَضْلُهَا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ.

The shirt is torn and is taken out from the side of his legs when Ghusl (bath) is given.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Part of shroud is the shirt without buttons and borders, and a turban that is wrapped around his head and the extra is allowed to hang down to his legs.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/312))