398 - وَ سَأَلَ عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى اِمْرَأَتِهِ حِينَ تَمُوتُ أَوْ يَغْسِلُهَا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهَا مَنْ يَغْسِلُهَا وَ اَلْمَرْأَةِ هَلْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا حِينَ يَمُوتُ فَقَالَ «لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ أَهْلُ اَلْمَرْأَةِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ زَوْجُهَا إِلَى شَيْءٍ يَكْرَهُونَهُ مِنْهَا.
Hadith.398 - Abdullah ibn Sinan asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about whether it is permissible for a man to look at his wife when She dies or to wash her if there is no one else to wash her, and likewise, if a woman can do the same for her husband when he dies. Imam (as) replied: "There is no issue with that. It is usually the woman's family who may dislike her husband seeing something he would dislike about her."