Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: People Who Die in Ships and Cannot Be Brought Ashore or Are Naked ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠َاتَ الرَّجُلُ فِي السَّفِينَةِ وَلَ٠ْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَى الشَّطِّ قَالَ يُكَفَّنُ وَيُحَنَّطُ وَيُلَفُّ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَيُلْقَى فِي الْ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad in a marfu‘ manner has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one dies in a ship and it is not possible to bring him to the shore, shroud and hunut are done for him, after wrapping in a piece of cloth, is thrown into the water.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/160))