Issue No.543- The obligatory and recommended portions of shroud can be financed, to the customary extent, from the estate of the deceased, though the heir is a minor. However, if it costs more than usual it cannot be taken from the share of the minor, unless he has made a will with regard to the extra, and in this case, the extra quantity of the shroud can be taken from the 1⁄3 of the estate.
Issue No.545- The shroud of a wife is the responsibility of her husband even if she owns her own wealth. Similarly, if a woman is given a revocable divorce (rij‘ī) [1] and she dies before the expiry of her ‘iddah (waiting period for divorce), her husband should provide her shroud.
Issue No.546- If the deceased has no property, it is not obligatory for the relatives of the deceased to provide his shroud, even though they were legally responsible for his maintenance during his lifetime. However, if there is no other way the one who was legally responsible for his maintenance should provide his shroud as an obligatory precaution.
Issue No.547- As an obligatory precaution the three pieces of cloth for the shroud should not be so thin that the body of the deceased is visible underneath.
Issue No.548- The shroud must not be a usurped one, even if nothing else but a usurped one is available. If a usurped shroud is used and the owner does not allow it, it should be removed even if the body has already been buried, and this is the responsibility of the person who has done so. Moreover, it is not permissible to give a shroud made of hide or skin of a dead animal or of a najis thing. As an obligatory precaution, the shroud should not be made of pure silk, woven of gold, or of the wool and fur of a haram meat animal unless there is no other.
Issue No.549-It is not permissible as an obligatory precaution to shroud with the skin of animals, even halal meat ones, in normal circumstances. However, there is no harm to give a shroud with a cloth made of wool or fur of a halal meat animal, though, the recommended precaution is to avoid them.
Issue No.550- If the shroud becomes najis owing to a najis substance from the dead body or from external najāsah, the najis part should be washed or cut off if it does not ruin the shroud, and if it is not possible to do so, the shroud should be replaced, if possible.
Issue No.551- If a person who is wearing Ihram for ḥajj or ‘umrah dies, he should be shrouded like others and there is no harm in covering his head and face.
Issue No.552- After performing ghusl on a dead body it is obligatory to apply ḥanūṭ, which is to apply camphor on the seven places of sajdah (i.e., the forehead, the palms, the knees and both the big toes of the feet). The obligatory precaution is that some camphor be placed on these parts, and the camphor must be ṭāhir, permissible to apply and fresh, so that it keeps its usual fragrance.
Issue No.553- The obligatory precaution is that the camphor should first be applied to the forehead and then to other parts, and this should be done before the body is being shrouded or while it is being shrouded, not after it.
Issue No.554- It is not permissible to apply camphor or any other sweet fragrance to a person who died in the state of Ihram for ‘umrah or ḥajj.
Issue No.555- Even though wearing perfume is haram for a woman whose husband has died while her ‘iddah (waiting period for death of husband) has not expired yet, but if she dies in this state it is obligatory she be camphorated.
