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* '''Ghusl of the dead''': based on the [[fatwa]] of most [[Shi'a authorities]], [[ghusl]] is performed to a dead person three times; the second time of which, water mixed with camphor is used<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 139.</ref> and about its amount in water, it has been said that it should not be so much that the water becomes [[Mudaf Water|mudaf]], nor should it be too little that its mixture with water is not obvious.<ref>Ḥillī, ''Tadhkirat al-fuqahāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 352.</ref> | * '''Ghusl of the dead''': based on the [[fatwa]] of most [[Shi'a authorities]], [[ghusl]] is performed to a dead person three times; the second time of which, water mixed with camphor is used<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 139.</ref> and about its amount in water, it has been said that it should not be so much that the water becomes [[Mudaf Water|mudaf]], nor should it be too little that its mixture with water is not obvious.<ref>Ḥillī, ''Tadhkirat al-fuqahāʾ'', vol. 1, p. 352.</ref> | ||
*''' | *'''Hanut [embalmment]''': according to the fatwa of [[Shi'a]] religious scholars, applying camphor on seven parts of the body used in [[prostration]] which are the forehead, palms, the two knees and the tips of the two big toes of feet is [[obligatory]].<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 3, p. 143.</ref> | ||
*'''Shroud''': It is quoted from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that upon shrouding a dead person, on every piece of the [[shroud]], some camphor and cardamom should be poured.<ref>Kulaynī, ''Guzīda-yi Kāfī'', vol. 2, p. 131.</ref> In [[hadith]]s, perfuming the shroud of a dead body has only been permitted using camphor;<ref>Ibn Shuʿba al-Ḥarrānī, ''Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl'', p. 165.</ref> because a dead person is considered as a person who has worn [[ihram]] clothes.<ref>Ibn Shuʿba al-Ḥarrānī, ''Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl'', p. 175.</ref> | *'''Shroud''': It is quoted from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that upon shrouding a dead person, on every piece of the [[shroud]], some camphor and cardamom should be poured.<ref>Kulaynī, ''Guzīda-yi Kāfī'', vol. 2, p. 131.</ref> In [[hadith]]s, perfuming the shroud of a dead body has only been permitted using camphor;<ref>Ibn Shuʿba al-Ḥarrānī, ''Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl'', p. 165.</ref> because a dead person is considered as a person who has worn [[ihram]] clothes.<ref>Ibn Shuʿba al-Ḥarrānī, ''Tuḥaf al-ʿuqūl'', p. 175.</ref> | ||