Is a man required to provide the shroud for his wife?

Question : Yes. A man is not required to provide the shroud for his wife; because she has become a stranger from whom enjoyment is not permissible.

Answer : Yes. Enjoyment is not permissible with her, so her clothing is not obligatory upon him. In our view, it is not obligatory, but both views are permissible because the feminine form here is not genuine.
There is disagreement on this issue. Some scholars hold that it is obligatory for the husband to shroud his wife if she has no money, and the view that the ties of marriage are severed is not correct.
Because it is permissible for her to wash him, and it is permissible for him to wash her, and this is the greatest of the matters connected to it, like one of them. Also, he inherits from her and she inherits from him, and she has the waiting period, so the remaining effects of the marriage exist. Then, it is not part of treating each other with kindness that a man’s wife, who lived with him for a long time in the greatest happiness, dies and, if we do not find a shroud for her, we say it is not obligatory for the husband; go to the people and seek their help for a shroud for her. This is not part of the known kindness and is not fitting. So the correct view is that if no money is found for the wife to be shrouded with, the husband shrouds her if he is well-off. As for if he is in financial difficulty, then ,