To sprinkle camphor on the dead body as the last thing (before shrouding).
Darussalam · Volume 2
23 - THE BOOK OF FUNERALS[AL-JANÁ'IZ]Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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1258. Narrated Muḥammad: Umm 'Aṭīyya رضي الله عنها said, "One of the daughters of the Prophet ﷺ died and he came out and said, 'Wash her three, or five times or more, if you think it necessary, with water and Sidr (Nabiq — lot tree leaves), and last of all sprinkle camphor (or some camphor over her before shrouding) and when you finish, inform me.'" Umm 'Aṭīyya added, "When we finished we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and said, 'Shroud her in it.'"
1258 - حَدَّثَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ: تُوُفِّيَتْ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلاَثًا، أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ، وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا - أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ - فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ، فَآذِنَّنِي» قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ، فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حِقْوَهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ» وَعَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، بِنَحْوِهِ،
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