✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ الرَّجُلُ يُغَمِّضُ عین الْمَيِّتَ أَ عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ إِذَا مَسَّهُ بِحَرَارَتِهِ فَلَا وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا مَسَّهُ بَعْدَ مَا يَبْرُدُ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ قُلْتُ فَالَّذِي يُغَسِّلُهُ يَغْتَسِلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 160

Muhammad ibn Muslim said: 'I said to Imam Baqir or Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them both): 'A person closes the eyes of a corpse, is ghusl obligatory on him?' He said: 'If he touches him while the body of the corpse is still warm, no. But if he touches him after he has become cold, he must perform ghusl.'

I said: 'Does the one who washes him have to perform ghusl?' He said: 'Yes.'

2 إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْن جَابِرٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْداللَّهِ حِينَ مَاتَ ابْنُهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْأَكْبَرُ فَجَعَلَ يُقَبِّلُهُ وَ هُوَ مَيِّتٌ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ لَيْسَ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُمَسَّ الْمَيِّتُ بَعْدَ مَا يَمُوتُ وَ مَنْ مَسَّهُ فَعَلَيْهِ الْغُسْلُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا بِحَرَارَتِهِ فَلَا بَأْسَ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ إِذَا بَرَدَ

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 429

Ismail ibn Jabir said: 'I entered upon Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) when his son Ismail al-Akbar passed away, and the Imam began to kiss him while he was dead!'

I said: 'May I be sacrificed for you, is it not proper that a corpse should not be touched after he has passed away and that a person who touches him must perform ghusl?' He said: 'As for when he is warm, there is no problem, this is for when he becomes cold!'

3 عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ قال: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ إِذَا مَسَّهُ الْإِنْسَانُ أَ فِيهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا مَسِسْتَ جَسَدَهُ حِينَ يَبْرُدُ فَاغْتَسِلْ

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 429

Asim said: 'I asked (Imam Sadiq, peace be upon him) about a corpse, if a person touches him, is there ghusl in that?' He said: 'If you touch his body when he has become cold, perform ghusl!'

4 معاوية بن عَمَّار قال: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْداللَّه الَّذِي يُغَسِّلُ الْمَيِّتَ عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَإِذَا مَسَّهُ وَ هُوَ سُخْنٌ قَالَ لَا غُسْلَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا بَرَدَ فَعَلَيْهِ الْغُسْلُ قُلْتُ وَ الْبَهَائِمُ وَ الطَّيْرُ إِذَا مَسَّهَا عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ قَالَ لَا لَيْسَ هَذَا كَالْإِنْسَان

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 429

Muawiyah ibn Ammar said: 'I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'Is ghusl obligatory on the one who washes the dead?' He said: 'Yes.'

I said: 'What if he touches him while he is warm?' He said: 'There is no ghusl on him, so if he has become cold, ghusl is on him.'

I said: 'If he touches animals and birds and (a dead person), is ghusl on him?' He said: 'No, these are not like a human being!'

5 عن أبي عبداللَّه قَالَ: يَغْتَسِلُ الَّذِي غَسَّلَ الْمَيِّتَ وَ إِنْ قَبَّلَ الْمَيِّتَ إِنْسَانٌ وَ هُوَ حَارٌّ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ غُسْلٌ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا مَسَّهُ وَ قَبَّلَهُ و قَدْ بَرَدَ فَعَلَيْهِ الْغُسْلُ و لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَمَسَّهُ بَعْدَ الْغُسْل و يُقَبِّلَهُ

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 160

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'The one who washes the dead performs ghusl, and if a person kisses a dead person while he is still warm, there is no ghusl on him, but if he touches him or kisses him while he has become cold, ghusl is on him, and there is no problem in touching and kissing the corpse after he has been given ghusl!'

6 محمد بن الحسن الصفار قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ أَصَابَ يَدَيْهِ أَوْ بَدَنَهُ ثَوْبُ الْمَيِّتِ الَّذِي يَلِي جِلْدَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغَسَّلَ هَلْ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ غَسْلُ يَدَيْهِ أَوْ بَدَنِهِ فَوَقَّعَ إِذَا أَصَابَ يَدَكَ جَسَدُ الْمَيِّتِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغَسَّلَ فَقَدْ يَجِبُ عَلَيْكَ الْغُسْل

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 429

Saffar said: 'I wrote to Imam Askari (peace be upon him): 'A person's hands or body touch the clothing connected to the skin of a dead person before he is given ghusl, is it obligatory for him to wash his hands and body?'

The Imam wrote: 'If your hand touches the corpse before the corpse is given ghusl, ghusl is obligatory on you.'

✅ From the above narrations and others, it is clear that touching and coming into contact with the body of a corpse before his body has become cold does not make ghusl obligatory, but if our body comes into contact with his body after the corpse has become cold, ghusl al-mass al-mayyit becomes obligatory.

For kissing and touching and coming into contact with the body of a corpse after he has been given ghusl, no ghusl has been made obligatory in the well-known and practiced narrations of the Shi'a.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ