Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Shrouding a Deceased Women 3ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَا٠ِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َهْزِيَارَ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ قَاسِ٠ِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ يُكَفَّنُ الرَّجُلُ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ وَالْ٠َرْأَةُ إِذَا كَانَتْ عَظِي٠َارٍ وَلِفَافَتَيْنِ.

A deceased woman of greatness is shrouded with five pieces of fabrics, the shirt, loincloth, veil and the two pieces of fabric (to tie down around her chest and the lower part of her body from the waist down to her knees).” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/316))