Hadith 28710

Chapter 33

باب 33

(33) باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

(1162) Chapter: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed (TR)
55
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ - بِمَعْنَى الإِسْنَادِ - أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، أُخْتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ مَشَطْنَاهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ .

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm 'Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:
We braided her hair in three plaits. (TR)

Reference (TR): Sunan Abi Dawud 3143 (TR)

In-book reference (TR): Book 21, Hadith 55 (TR)

English translation (TR): Book 20, Hadith 3137 (TR)