ا قُلْنَا لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) الْعِمَامَةُ لِلْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْكَفَنِ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا الْكَفَنُ الْمَفْرُوضُ ثَلَاثَةُ أَثْوَابٍ وَ ثَوْبٌ تَامٌّ لَا أَقَلَّ مِنْهُ يُوَارِي جَسَدَهُ كُلَّهُ فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ سُنَّةٌ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَثْوَابٍ فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ مُبْتَدَعٌ وَ الْعِمَامَةُ سُنَّةٌ وَ قَالَ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بِالْعِمَامَةِ وَ عُمِّمَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا الشَّيْخُ الصَّادِقُ ( عليه السلام ) وَ نَحْنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءُ بِدِينَارٍ وَ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَشْتَرِيَ لَهُ حَنُوطاً وَ عِمَامَةً فَفَعَلْنَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin usman, from Hareyz, from Zurara and Muhammad Bin Muslim who both said, ‘We said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The turban of the deceased, is from the enshrouding’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. But rather, the Obligatory shroud is of three clothes and a complete cloth, not being less than it to cover his body, all of it. So whatever increase, so it is a Sunnah, up it reaching five clothes. So whatever increase, it would be an innovation. And the turban is a Sunnah’. And he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The Prophet<sup>saww</sup> ordered with the turban, and the Prophet<sup>saww</sup> was turbaned’. The Sheykh Al-Sadiq<sup>asws</sup> sent a Dinar to us, when Abu Ubeyday Al-Haza’a died, and we were in Al-Medina, and ordered us that we should buy embalming material (camphor etc.), and a turban. So we did it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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