Al-Kafi 4337

Translation

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, from Al Halby who said, ‘Abu Abdullah^asws said: ‘The deceased should be washed with three washings – once with the lotus (leaves), and once with the pure water where is camphor, and once more with clear water. Then he should be enshrouded’. And he^asws said: ‘My^asws father^asws wrote in his^asws bequest that I^asws should enshroud him^asws in three clothes – one of them being a cloak of his^asws as a veil, and another cloth, and a shirt’. I said, ‘And why did he^asws write this?’ He^asws said: ‘Fearing the words of the people, and we placed a turban on him^asws after that, and we^asws cleaved the ground for him for the reason that he^asws was hefty, and had instructed me^asws that I^asws raise the grave from the ground by four thin fingers, and he^asws mentioned that sprinkling the grave with the water is good’.

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