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Persons Dead Without Shower Due to Carnal Relations Hayd or Child Birth Reasons

alkafi-4378Vol. 3, p. 154

قُلْتُ لَهُ‌[4] مَاتَ مَيِّتٌ وَ هُوَ جُنُبٌ كَيْفَ يُغَسَّلُ وَ مَا يُجْزِئُهُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَقَالَ يُغَسَّلُ غُسْلًا وَاحِداً يُجْزِئُ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ لِجَنَابَتِهِ وَ لِغُسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ لِأَنَّهُمَا حُرْمَتَانِ اجْتَمَعَتَا فِي حُرْمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ[5].

“I once said to him (the Imam) (a.s.), that there is one who has died after sexual relation but before Ghusl (bath). How is Ghusl (bath) prescribed for him and how much water is needed? He (the Imam) said, ’Only one Ghusl (bath) is sufficient for both reasons, each of which is inviolable requiring one inviolable act (G

alkafi-4379Vol. 3, p. 154

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا مَاتَتْ فِي نِفَاسِهَا كَيْفَ تُغَسَّلُ قَالَ مِثْلَ غُسْلِ الطَّاهِرَةِ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْحَائِضُ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْجُنُبُ إِنَّمَا يُغَسَّلُ غُسْلًا وَاحِداً فَقَطْ.

“I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who dies during her child- birth, how Ghusl (bath) to be given for her? He (the Imam) said, ‘It is just like cleansing Ghusl (bath) after blood discharge is over and so also is the case with a woman during her Hayd (menses) and after sexual relation: only o

alkafi-4380Vol. 3, p. 154

فِي الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا مَاتَتْ نُفَسَاءَ وَ كَثُرَ دَمُهَا أُدْخِلَتْ إِلَى السُّرَّةِ فِي الْأَدَمِ أَوْ مِثْلِ الْأَدَمِ نَظِيفٍ ثُمَّ تُكَفَّنُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘A woman, who dies during her child-birth with a great deal of blood discharge, is placed in a clean bag of treated skin up to her bellybutton; then she is shrouded.’”