Hadith 28533

Chapter 33

باب 33

(33) باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

(1162) Chapter: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed (DE)
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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 .

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. (DE)

Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 3147 (DE)

In-book reference (DE): Book 21, Hadith 59 (DE)

English translation (DE): Book 20, Hadith 3141 (DE)