Preparing the Shroud Kafan of Dead

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of PREPARING THE SHROUD (KAFAN) OF DEAD as recorded in Shia traditions.
... يَشْهَدُ اَنْ لَا اِلْهَ اِلَّا اللهُ
This inscription may be written with water with which soil of Imam al-Husayn's tomb or asba' (apparently the soil of a certain mountain) is mixed. It must not be written with black color.
وَحَدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ
[so-and-so] bears witness that there is no god save Allah, One and Only and having no associate,
وَ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُوْلُ اللهِ
that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah,
وَ اَنَّ عَلِيًّا اَمِيْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ
that 'Ali is the commander of the believers,
وَ الْاَئِمَّةَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ..
and that the Imams from his progeny:
اَلْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ
al-Hasan, al-Husayn,
وَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ الحْسَيْنِ
'Ali the son of al-Husayn,
وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٌّ
Muhammad the son of 'Ali,
وَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ
Ja'far the son of Muhammad,
وَ مُؤْسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ
Musa the son of Ja'far,
وَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ مُؤْسى
'Ali the son of Musa,
وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ
Muhammad the son of 'Ali,
وَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ
'Ali the son of Muhammad,
وَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيَّ
al-Hasan the son of 'Ali,
وَالْقَائِمُ الْحُجَةُ
and the Rising Argument-person,
عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ
peace be upon them all
اَئِمَثُهُ اَئِمَّةُ الْهَدْى اَلْابْرَارُ
are his lmams. They are the pious leaders to true guidance. This inscription may be written with water with which soil of Imam al-Husayn's tomb or asba' (apparently the soil of a certain mountain) is mixed. It must not be written with black color.