مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١٢٨ - ORDERS REGARDING HUNUT (EMBALMENT)

applied on the forehead of the dead body. As regards to other parts of the body mentioned above, itis not necessary to observe sequence .
٥٩٣. It is better that the dead body is embalmed before it has been shrouded, although there is no harm in embalming it while it is being shrouded or even after ithas been shrouded.
٥٩٤. It is not permissible to embalm a person who dies putting on ehram for Umra and Hajj, except when he is wearing ehram for Hajj and dies after having completedsai.
٥٩٥. It is unlawful for a woman to perfume herself if her husband has died and her iddah has not been completed. but if she dies it is obligatory to embalm her.
٥٩٦. The obligatory precaution is that, perfumes like musk, ambergris and aloes-wood (Ud) are not applied to the dead body and these things should not also bemixed with camphor.
٥٩٧. It is recommended that some quantity of Turbatul Husayn (soil of the land around the shrine of imam Husayn) be mixed with camphor, but it should not be appliedto those parts of the body, where its use amounts to disrespect. It is also necessary that the quantity of Turbatul Husayn is not such that when it is mixed with camphor themixture may not be called camphor.
٥٩٨. If camphor is not available or the quantity available is sufficient for bathing purposes only, it is not necessary to embalm the dead body. And in case it isin excess of the requirement for bathing but is not sufficient for embalming all the seven limbs, it should, on the basis of precaution, be applied on the forehead of thedead body first and the remainder, if any, should be applied to other parts.
٥٩٩. It is also recommended that ٢ pieces of fresh and green twigs are placed with the dead body.