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3142. It was narrated from Muhammad bin Sirīn, from Umm 'Aṭiyyah, that she said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon us when his daughter died and said: 'Wash her three or five times, or more than that, if you see fit, with water and lote leaves, and put camphor (in the water) the last time, or a little camphor. And when you have finished, call me.' When we had finished, we called him, and he gave us his Haqwa and said: Put it next to her body."(Saḥīḥ)
(Abū Dāwūd) said: Mālik said: "Meaning his Izār"[1] and Musaddad did not say: "entered upon us."
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1. It is a Sunnah to wash the deceased person at least thrice. If considered necessary, he may even be washed five times or more.
2. It is preferable to put some leaves of a lote tree while boiling the water for washing the dead. It is, likewise, desirable to put some camphor in the water in the last phase of washing.
