سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ غُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ فَقَالَ اسْتَقْبِلْ بِبَاطِنِ قَدَمَيْهِ الْقِبْلَةَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ وَجْهُهُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ ثُمَّ تُلَيِّنُ مَفَاصِلَهُ فَإِنِ امْتَنَعَتْ عَلَيْكَ فَدَعْهَا ثُمَّ ابْدَأْ بِفَرْجِهِ بِمَاءِ السِّدْرِ وَ الْحُرُضِ فَاغْسِلْهُ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ وَ أَكْثِرْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَ امْسَحْ بَطْنَهُ مَسْحاً رَفِيقاً ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلْ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ ابْدَأْ بِشِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ مِنْ لِحْيَتِهِ وَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ ثَنِّ بِشِقِّهِ الْأَيْسَرِ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ وَ لِحْيَتِهِ وَ وَجْهِهِ وَ اغْسِلْهُ بِرِفْقٍ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ الْعُنْفَ وَ اغْسِلْهُ غَسْلًا نَاعِماً ثُمَّ أَضْجِعْهُ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْسَرِ لِيَبْدُوَ لَكَ الْأَيْمَنُ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ مِنْ قَرْنِهِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَ امْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَ بَطْنِهِ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ ثُمَّ رُدَّهُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ لَكَ الْأَيْسَرُ فَاغْسِلْهُ مَا بَيْنَ قَرْنِهِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَ امْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ وَ بَطْنِهِ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ ثُمَّ رُدَّهُ إِلَى قَفَاهُ فَابْدَأْ بِفَرْجِهِ بِمَاءِ الْكَافُورِ فَاصْنَعْ كَمَا صَنَعْتَ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ اغْسِلْهُ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ بِمَاءِ الْكَافُورِ وَ الْحُرُضِ وَ امْسَحْ يَدَكَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ مَسْحاً رَفِيقاً ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلْ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ فَاصْنَعْ كَمَا صَنَعْتَ أَوَّلًا بِلِحْيَتِهِ مِنْ جَانِبَيْهِ كِلَيْهِمَا وَ رَأْسِهِ وَ وَجْهِهِ بِمَاءِ الْكَافُورِ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ ثُمَّ رُدَّهُ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الْأَيْسَرِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ لَكَ الْأَيْمَنُ فَاغْسِلْهُ مِنْ قَرْنِهِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ ثُمَّ رُدَّهُ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ لَكَ الْأَيْسَرُ فَاغْسِلْهُ مِنْ قَرْنِهِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ غَسَلَاتٍ وَ أَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَ يَكُونُ الذِّرَاعُ وَ الْكَفُّ مَعَ جَنْبِهِ طَاهِرَةً كُلَّمَا غَسَلْتَ شَيْئاً مِنْهُ أَدْخَلْتَ يَدَكَ تَحْتَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَ فِي بَاطِنِ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثُمَّ رُدَّهُ إِلَى ظَهْرِهِ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْهُ بِمَاءٍ قَرَاحٍ كَمَا صَنَعْتَ أَوَّلًا تَبْدَأُ بِالْفَرْجِ ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلْ إِلَى الرَّأْسِ وَ اللِّحْيَةِ وَ الْوَجْهِ حَتَّى تَصْنَعَ كَمَا صَنَعْتَ أَوَّلًا بِمَاءٍ قَرَاحٍ ثُمَّ أَزِّرْهُ بِالْخِرْقَةِ وَ يَكُونُ تَحْتَهَا الْقُطْنُ تُذْفِرُهُ بِهِ إِذْفَاراً قُطْناً كَثِيراً ثُمَّ تَشُدُّ فَخِذَيْهِ عَلَى الْقُطْنِ بِالْخِرْقَةِ شَدّاً شَدِيداً حَتَّى لَا تَخَافَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ شَيْءٌ وَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُقْعِدَهُ أَوْ تَغْمِزَ بَطْنَهُ وَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَحْشُوَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِ شَيْئاً فَإِنْ خِفْتَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ مِنَ الْمَنْخِرَيْنِ شَيْءٌ فَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُصَيِّرَ ثَمَّ قُطْناً وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَخَفْ فَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِيهِ شَيْئاً وَ لَا تُخَلِّلْ أَظَافِيرَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ غُسْلُ الْمَرْأَةِ .
Translation
From him, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abullah Al Kahily who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about washing the deceased, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Face the undersoles of his feet towards the Qiblah until his face happens to be facing the Qiblah. Then soften the joints, and if it is not possible for you, then leave it. Then begin with his private part with water of lotus (leaves) and potash, so wash him with three washings and frequent from the water, and wipe his body with gentle wiping. Then turn around to his head and begin with his right side from his beard and his head. Then deal with his left side from his head, and his beard, and his face, and wash him with gentleness, and beware of the roughness and wash him with a gentle washing. Then lie him down upon his left side for the right side to be exposed to you. Then wash him from his head to his feed and wipe your hand upon his back and his belly with three washings. Then return him to his right side until the left side is exposed to you, so wash it what is between his head up to his feet, and wipe your hand upon his back and his belly with three washings. Then return him to his back and begin with his private parts with water (with) camphor and deal with him just as you dealt the first times, washing him with three washings – with the water with camphor and the fragrant powder, and wipe your hand upon his belly with a gentle wiping. Then turn towards his head and deal with it just as you dealt firstly, with his beard from both its sides, and his head, and his face, with the water with camphor with three washings. Then return him to the left side until the right side is exposed to you, so wash him from his head up to his feet with three washings. Then return him to the right side until the left side is exposed to you, so wash him from his head up to his feet with three washings, and enter your hand under his shoulders and his forearms, and make the forearms, and the palms, along with his side, to be clean. Every time you wash anything from it, enter your hand under his shoulder and in the inside of his forearms. Then return him to his back, then wash him with clear water just as you did at first, beginning with the private part. Then turn towards the head and the beard and the face until you do just as you did firstly with clear water. Then put on a loin cloth on him with a cloth and place the cotton to be under it to pad him with a lot of cotton. Then tighten his thighs upon the cotton with the cloth with an intense tightening until you do not fear that anything might become apparent (from his private part). And beware of sitting him up or pressing his belly, and beware of placing anything in his ears. So if you were to fear that something might become apparent from his nostrils, so it is not upon you that you stuff is with cotton, and if you do not fear such, so do not make anything to be in it, and do not clean (under) his nails. Similar to that is the washing of the woman’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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