Hadith 928
Riyad as-Salihin
The Book of Visiting the Sick · Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased
Arabic
- عن أبي رافع أسلم مولي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " من غسل ميتاً فكتم عليه ، غفر الله له أربعين مرة" ((رواه الحاكم وقال صحيح علي شرط مسلم)).
English translation
Abu Rafi` Aslam (May Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be forgiven forty times.'' [Al-Hakim].