Hadith 396
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Hadith.398 - Abdullah ibn Sinan asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about whether it is permissible for a man to look at his wife when She dies or to wash her if there is no one else to wash her, and likewise, if a woman can do the same for her husband when he dies. Imam (as) replied:
"There is no issue with that. It is usually the woman's family who may dislike her husband seeing something he would dislike about her."
398 - وَ سَأَلَ عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى اِمْرَأَتِهِ حِينَ تَمُوتُ أَوْ يَغْسِلُهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهَا مَنْ يَغْسِلُهَا وَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ هَلْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا حِينَ يَمُوتُ فَقَالَ
«لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ أَهْلُ اَلْمَرْأَةِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ زَوْجُهَا إِلَى شَيْءٍ يَكْرَهُونَهُ مِنْهَا.
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- Al-Kāfi #596 “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man if he can look at his wife when she is dying or give her Ghusl (bath) if there is no one...