Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Undesirability of Perfuming the Shroud or Warming Water for Washing Dead Bodies َّدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ جُ٠ْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الله بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ِنِينَ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لاَ تُجَ٠ِّرُوا الأكْفَانَ وَلاَ تَ٠ْ بِالطِّيبِ إِلاَّ بِالْكَافُورِ فَإِنَّ الْ٠3.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kufiy has narrated from ibn al-Jumhur from his father from Muhammad ibn Sinan from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said that ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman has narrated from Hariz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not perfume shrouds and your deceased one’s except with camphor; a deceased person is like one in the state of Ihram.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/317))