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Al-Kafi · Hadith 5

The Book on Dying People · Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding · Volume 3, book 3, chapter 19, Hadith 5

Original Arabic text

5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالاَ قُلْنَا لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) الْعِمَامَةُ لِلْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْكَفَنِ قَالَ لاَ إِنَّمَا الْكَفَنُ الْمَفْرُوضُ ثَلاَثَةُ أَثْوَابٍ وَثَوْبٌ تَامٌّ لاَ أَقَلَّ مِنْهُ يُوَارِي جَسَدَهُ كُلَّهُ فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ سُنَّةٌ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَثْوَابٍ فَمَا زَادَ فَهُوَ مُبْتَدَعٌ وَالْعِمَامَةُ سُنَّةٌ وَقَالَ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) بِالْعِمَامَةِ وَعُمِّمَ النَّبِيُّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَبَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا الشَّيْخُ الصَّادِقُ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) وَنَحْنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءُ بِدِينَارٍ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَشْتَرِيَ لَهُ حَنُوطاً وَعِمَامَةً فَفَعَلْنَا.

Published English translation

5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Uthaman from Hariz from Zurarah and Muhammad ibn Muslim who have said the following: “Once we asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), if turban is part of shroud for a deceased. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not part of it. The obligatory shroud consist of three pieces of cloths, one over all; the minimum of which must be large enough to cover the whole body and any extra is of the Sunnah up to five pieces and more than this is contrived.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The Holy prophet commanded to prepare turban and it was prepared for the Holy prophet.’ The truthful shaykh (a.s.), sent for us one dinar, when we were in al-Madinah at the time of the death of abu ‘Ubaydah al-Hadhdha’. He (the Imam) commanded us to buy for him hunut and turban which we did.”’

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/310)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 231

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