Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) · How The Deceased Is To Be Washed
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُنَّ فِي غُسْلِ ابْنَتِهِ " ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا " .
English translation
Narrated Umm 'Atiyyah :
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to them while washing her daughter: Begin with her right side, and the places where the ablution is performed.
Narrated Umm 'Atiyyah :
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came in when his daughter died, and he said: Wash her with water and lotus leaves three or five times or more than that if you think fit, and put camphor, or some camph…
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm 'Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: We braided her hair in three plaits.
The above mentioned has also been transmitted by Umm 'Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has: we braided her hair in three plaits and placed them behind her back, one plait of the front side and…
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Umm 'Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has: (Wash her) seven times or more if you think fit.
Narrated Qatadah:
Muhammad b. Sirin used to learn how to wash the dead from Umm 'Atiyyah: he would was with lotus leaves twice and with water and camphor for the third time.