Hadith 28674

Chapter 33

باب 33

(33) باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

(1162) Chapter: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed
56
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ وَضَفَّرْنَا رَأْسَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ ثُمَّ أَلْقَيْنَاهَا خَلْفَهَا مُقَدَّمَ رَأْسِهَا وَقَرْنَيْهَا .

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 two side plaits.

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3144

In-book reference: Book 21, Hadith 56

English translation: Book 20, Hadith 3138