مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١٢٥ - ORDERS REGARDING SHROUDING OF THE DEAD BODY

tayammum should strike his palms on earth and then wipe them on the face and back of the hands of the dead bodyand the obligatory precaution is that he should, if possible, make the dead body also perForm tayammum with its own palms.

ORDERS REGARDING SHROUDING OF THE DEAD BODY
٥٧٦. A Muslim should be shrouded with ٣ pieces of cloth: loincloth, tunic and sheet.
٥٧٧. The loincloth should be such that it should cover the body from the navel up to the knees and it is better that it should cover the body from the chest up tothe feet. As regards the tunic it should be such that it should cover the entire body from the top of the shoulders up to the middle of the calf of the legs and it is betterthat it should reach the feet. As regards the sheet its length should be such that it may be tied at the head as well as at the feet and its breadth should be such that itsone edge should extend up to the other.
٥٧٨. It is obligatory that the loincloth should cover the body from navel up to the knees and the tunic should cover it from the shoulders up to the middle of the calf of the legs. Whatever has been mentioned over and above this is the recommended quantity of the shroud.
٥٧٩. If the heirs of the dead body are adult and they permit that the portion of the shroud in excess of that which is obligatory (as mentioned in the foregoing article) may be taken from their share there is no harm in doing so. And the obligatory precaution is that the quantity in excess of the obligatory shroud is not taken from the share of an heir who has not reached the age of puberty.
٥٨٠. If a person has made a will that the recommended quantity of the shroud (as mentioned in the two foregoing articles) should be arranged for out of the ١/٣ of his property or has