Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Two Fresh Al-Jaridah (Twigs of Palm Tree) 5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠ِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْجَرِيدَةَ قَدْرُ شِبْرٍ تُوضَعُ وَاحِدَةٌ ٠ِنْ عِنْدِ التَّرْقُوَةِ إِلَى ٠َّا يَلِي الْجِلْدَ وَالأخْرَى فِي الأيْسَرِ ٠ِنْ عِنْدِ التَّرْقُوَةِ إِلَى ٠ِنْ فَوْقِ الْقَ٠5.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj who has said the following: “He (the Imam) has said, ‘Al-Jaridah (twigs of palm tree) are of the size of one Shibr (ten inches) of which one is placed with one end near the collarbones downward as far as it reaches next to the skin, and the other on the left side near the collarbones downward as far as it reaches over the shirt.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/326))