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Hadith 601
Hadith #
601
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
3
Section
29
Part
The Book on Dying People
Chapter
Washing of Persons of opposite Gender
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
7. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Dawud ibn Sarhan who has said the following
“About a man who dies on a journey or a strage land and there is no one other than women with him, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He is buried without Ghusl (bath).’ He (the Imam) said that the same rule applies to woman in such condition unless her husband is among them, in which case he gives her Ghusl (bath) from behind the shield and pours water in a large amount on her body. A wife can give him Ghusl (bath) if he (her husband) dies. Women are different from men. Women are in a worse condition when they die.’”
7ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ سِرْحَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) فِي الرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ فِي السَّفَرِ أَوْ فِي أَرْضٍ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ فِيهَا إِلاَّ النِّسَاءُ قَالَ
يُدْفَنُ وَلاَ يُغَسَّلُ وَقَالَ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تَكُونُ مَعَ الرِّجَالِ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ مَعَهَا زَوْجُهَا فَلْيُغَسِّلْهَا مِنْ فَوْقِ الدِّرْعِ وَيَسْكُبُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ سَكْباً وَلْتُغَسِّلْهُ امْرَأَتُهُ إِذَا مَاتَ وَالْمَرْأَةُ لَيْسَتْ مِثْلَ الرَّجُلِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَسْوَأُ مَنْظَراً حِينَ تَمُوتُ.
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