فِي تَحْنِيطِ الْمَيِّتِ وَ تَكْفِينِهِ قَالَ ابْسُطِ الْحِبَرَةَ بَسْطاً ثُمَّ ابْسُطْ عَلَيْهَا الْإِزَارَ ثُمَّ ابْسُطِ الْقَمِيصَ عَلَيْهِ وَ تَرُدُّ مُقَدَّمَ الْقَمِيصِ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اعْمِدْ إِلَى كَافُورٍ مَسْحُوقٍ فَضَعْهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ مَوْضِعِ سُجُودِهِ وَ امْسَحْ بِالْكَافُورِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَفَاصِلِهِ مِنْ قَرْنِهِ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَ فِي عُنُقِهِ وَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَ مَرَافِقِهِ وَ فِي كُلِّ مَفْصِلٍ مِنْ مَفَاصِلِهِ مِنَ الْيَدَيْنِ وَ الرِّجْلَيْنِ وَ فِي وَسَطِ رَاحَتَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُحْمَلُ فَيُوضَعُ عَلَى قَمِيصِهِ وَ يُرَدُّ مُقَدَّمُ الْقَمِيصِ عَلَيْهِ وَ يَكُونُ الْقَمِيصُ غَيْرَ مَكْفُوفٍ وَ لَا مَزْرُورٍ وَ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ قِطْعَتَيْنِ مِنْ جَرِيدِ النَّخْلِ رَطْباً قَدْرَ ذِرَاعٍ يُجْعَلُ لَهُ وَاحِدَةٌ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ نِصْفٌ مِمَّا يَلِي السَّاقَ وَ نِصْفٌ مِمَّا يَلِي الْفَخِذَ وَ يُجْعَلُ الْأُخْرَى تَحْتَ إِبْطِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَ لَا يُجْعَلُ فِي مَنْخِرَيْهِ وَ لَا فِي بَصَرِهِ وَ مَسَامِعِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ قُطْناً وَ لَا كَافُوراً ثُمَّ يُعَمَّمُ يُؤْخَذُ وَسَطُ الْعِمَامَةِ فَيُثْنَى عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بِالتَّدْوِيرِ ثُمَّ يُلْقَى فَضْلُ الشِّقِّ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَى الْأَيْسَرِ وَ الْأَيْسَرِ عَلَى الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ يُمَدُّ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from his men, from Yunus, (It has been narrated) from them<sup>asws</sup> having said regarding the embalming of the deceased and his enshrouding, said: ‘Spread the wrapping with a spreading. Then spread the loincloth upon it. Then spread the shirt upon it and fold the front of the shirt upon it. Then deliberate to the camphor powder and place it upon his forehead, the place of his prostrations, and wipe it with the camphor upon the entirety of his joints, from his head up to his feet, and in his head, and in his neck, and his shoulders, and his elbows, and in every joint from his joints, from the two hands and the two legs, and in the middle of his palms. Then carry him and place him upon his shirt and fold the front of the shirt upon him, and the shirt should happen to be without any hemming or buttons, and make two pieces of wet branches to be for him, of an arm’s length, making one of it to be in between his knees, halfway from what follows the leg, and halfway from what follows the thigh, and make the other one to be under his right armpit, and do not make cotton or camphor to be in his nostrils, nor in his eyes, nor his ears, nor upon his face. Then make a turban by taking the middle of the turban and wrapping it around his head in circles. Then cast the extra ends, the right one upon the left and the left one upon the right. Then extend it upon his chest’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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