Sunan
Abi Dawud

سنن أبي داود

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Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)

كتاب الجنائز

 

Chapter 1162: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed

باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 3147

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.

حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الْغُسْلَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، يَغْسِلُ بِالسِّدْرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالْكَافُورِ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih Al-Albani