Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Two Fresh Al-Jaridah (Twigs of Palm Tree) 11ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْجَرِيدَةِ إِذَا لَ٠ْ نَجِدْ نَجْعَلُ بَدَلَهَا غَيْرَهَا فِي ٠ْكِنُ النَّخْلُ فَكَتَبَ يَجُوزُ إِذَا أُعْوِزَتِ الْجَرِيدَةُ وَالْجَرِيدَةُ أَفْضَلُ وَبِهِ جَاءَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ.

He (the Imam) wrote, ‘It is permissible if al-Jaridah (palm tree twig) is not available, but al-Jaridah (palm tree twig) is better; there is Hadith about it.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/328))