Facing the Dying Person Toward Qiblah

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Causes of Death and that Believing People May Die by any Manner of Dying10 Difficulty in Dying (If Dying Becomes Difficult and the Agony of Death Intense)5 A Believing Person Is Not Caused to Die Against His Will2 Things that Believers and Unbelievers See in Dying Conditions16 Taking out of the Souls of Believing and Unbelievers3 Burial Should Take Place Immediately2 Rare Ahadith1 Women during Hayd Nurse a Patient (The following chapters are about rules of washing a dead body for burial, shrouding and other matters of burial, and are best explained in the form of fatwa. Consult current fatwa about them.)1 Washing a Dead Body6 Hunut (Rubbing Camphor) on a Dead Body and Shrouding16 The Reward for a Person Suffering from Illness10 Shrouding a Deceased Women3

alkafi-4291Vol. 3, p. 126

فِي تَوْجِيهِ الْمَيِّتِ تَسْتَقْبِلُ بِوَجْهِهِ الْقِبْلَةَ وَ تَجْعَلُ قَدَمَيْهِ مِمَّا يَلِي الْقِبْلَةَ.[5]

“Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that facing a dying person toward Qiblah is turning his face in that direction such that the undersides of his feet point toward Qiblah.”

alkafi-4292Vol. 3, p. 127

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ فَقَالَ اسْتَقْبِلْ بِبَاطِنِ قَدَمَيْهِ الْقِبْلَةَ.

“I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a dying person. He said, ‘Make the undersides of his feet face toward Qiblah.’ ”

alkafi-4293Vol. 3, p. 127

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا مَاتَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ مَيِّتٌ فَسَجُّوهُ تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَ كَذَلِكَ إِذَا غُسِّلَ يُحْفَرُ لَهُ مَوْضِعُ الْمُغْتَسَلِ تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَيَكُونُ مُسْتَقْبِلًا بِبَاطِنِ قَدَمَيْهِ وَ وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ.

“I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘When any of you dies prepare his body (facing) toward Qiblah. Also, when giving the body a bath a place should be prepared for this purpose where the bottoms of his feet face the direction of Qiblah.’”

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