Al-Kafi 4422

Translation

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad in Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5^th or 6^th Imam^asws, said, ‘I said, ‘The man closes the eyes of the deceased, upon him is a washing?’ He^asws said: ‘If he touches him being with his heat, so no, but if he touches him after him having gone cold, so let him wash’. I said, ‘So the one who washes him, would wash (himself)?’ He^asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘So he would wash, then enshroud him, before he washes (himself)?’ He^asws said: ‘He would wash (the deceased), then wash his own hand from the dirt, then put the shroud upon him, then he would wash (himself)’. I said, ‘So the one carries him, is there a washing upon him?’ He^asws said: ‘No’. I said, ‘So the one who goes into the grave, upon him is an ablution?’ He^asws said: ‘No, except if he performs ablution from the dust of the grave (<span class="iTxt">Tayammum</span>) if he so desires to’.

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