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3141. Yahyā bin ‘Abbād narrated that his father ‘Abbād bin ‘Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair said: “I heard ‘Aishah say: ‘When they wanted to wash the Prophet ﷺ, they said: “By Allāh, we do not know whether we should remove the garments of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, as we remove the garments from our own deceased, or wash him with his garments on him.” When they differed, Allāh caused them to sleep until there was no man among them whose chin was not on his chest. Then a voice came to them from the corner of the house, and they did not know who it was, telling them to wash the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ with his garments on him. So they washed him, and he was wearing his Qamīṣ. They poured the water over the Qamīṣ and rubbed him with the Qamīṣ, not their hands.’ ‘Aishah used to say: ‘If I had known beforehand what I know now, no one but his wives would have washed him.’” (Hasan)
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Commentary
1. It is not allowed to unveil or expose the entire body of the deceased when washing him or her. We are commanded to cover the concealable parts of the body of the deceased.
2. It is permissible for the husband to wash his wife, and for the wife to wash her husband.
