(12) باب فِي غَسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ
Umm 'Atiyya reported:
We washed her an odd number of times, i. e. three, five or seven times; and Umm 'Atiyya (further) said: We braided her hair in three plaits.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 939 e
In-book reference: Book 11, Hadith 50
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 2045