مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١٢٣ - THE METHOD OF BATHING A DEAD BODY

with the intention of complying with the commands of Allah.
٥٦٣. Bathing of a Muslim child, even though he is illegitimate, is obligatory and the bathing, shrouding and burial of an un- believer and his children is notpermissible. And it is necessary to bath a person who has been insane since childhood and has become adult in the state of insanity, provided that he is governed by theorders of Islam.
٥٦٤. If a child of ٤ months or more is still-born its dead body should be bathed, but if it had not yet completed ٤ months its body should be covered, on the basisof precaution, with a piece of cloth and buried without its being bathed.
٥٦٥. It is unlawful for a man to bathe the dead body of a woman and for a woman to bathe the dead body of a man. Husband and a wife can, however, bathe the dead body of each other, although the recommended precaution is that they should also avoid doing so, if possible.
٥٦٦. A man can bathe the dead body of a girl who is not more than ٣ years old. Similarly a woman can bathe the dead body of a boy who is not more than ٣ years old.
٥٦٧. If no man is available to bathe the dead body of a man his kinswomen who are also his mahram (one with whom marriage is prohibited, for example, mother,sister, paternal aunt and maternal aunt) or those women who become his mahram as a consequence of nursing can bathe his dead body after covering it with cloth etc. Similarly if no woman is available to bathe the dead body of a woman her kinsmen who are also her mahram or have become mahram as a consequence of nursing can bathe her dead body whichis covered with her dress.
٥٦٨. If a man bathes the dead body of a man or a woman bathes the dead body of a woman it is better that with the exception of private parts the body be bare.
٥٦٩. It is unlawful to look at the private parts of a corpse and if the person bathing it looks at those parts he commits a sin. But