Hadith 14849

Chapter 10

باب 10

(10) باب يُبْدَأُ بِمَيَامِنِ الْمَيِّتِ

(10) Chapter: To start from the right side while giving a bath to a dead body (AR)
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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَسْلِ ابْنَتِهِ " ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا ".

Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , concerning his (dead) daughter's bath, said, "Start with the right side, and the parts which are washed in ablution." (AR)

Reference (AR): Sahih al-Bukhari 1255 (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 23, Hadith 18 (AR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 346 (AR)