Al-Kāfi

Hadith 541
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12ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ الْكَافُورُ هُوَ الْحَنُوطُ.
12. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ’Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah from more than one person who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Camphor is for hunut.”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

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