Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: People Drowned or Struck Dead َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ٠ُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ الْغَرِيقُ يُحْبَسُ حَتَّى يَتَغَيَّرَ وَيُعْلَ٠َّ يُغَسَّلُ وَيُكَفَّنُ قَالَ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْ٠َصْعُوقِ فَقَالَ إِذَا صُعِقَ حُبِسَ يَوْ٠َّ يُغَسَّلُ وَيُكَفَّنُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If it (death) is because of sudden shock, he is kept for two days, then his Ghusl (bath) and shroud are done.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/142))