Shroud, headscarf, for a Shi'ite dead person

Shroud, printed twice with invocations of God (Allah) and the holy family of Shi'ism (Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hassan, Hussein). In the middle is a picture of a mausoleum of one of the Shi'ite saints. The color red of the texts and image refers to the martyrdom of these saints who gave their lives for the Shi'ite faith.The cloth comes from Karbala, a holy city for the Shi'ites because a battle was fought near it in 680 AD in which the most important martyrs died. The mausoleums of a number of them are in Karbala. Shi'ite pilgrims from different countries buy religious items, such as this shroud, in Karbala because it contains the blessing power of the saints.The cloth is meant to be a shroud, with the texts acting as prayers for the deceased. It is believed that the prayers can prevent punishment of the deceased in his grave (according to Islamic religious doctrine, punishment for sins already begins in the grave). The edges of the white cotton cloth are, following the religious rules, not hemmed. This cloth is meant to be a headscarf, presumably for a female deceased.‖ The shroud for a Muslim deceased person usually consists of a few cloths of unseamed white cotton, without print or decoration. For a man, these are three large cloths of similar size to wrap the body as a whole. For a woman, two more cloths are added: a head cloth and a hip cloth to cover the pubic parts. Some Shi'ites add additional cloths to the shroud that are printed with pious texts, because of the blessing that comes from them.Ó The printed texts and images were applied manually and with the help of a printing block.