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What Was Narrated Concerning Washing The Deceased

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الحديث: 1463 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 470

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1463. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever washes a dead person, let him take a bath." (Sahih)

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1463 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا، فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ»

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This commandment is only a recommendation and is not compulsory. So it is preferred to take a bath after washing the dead body but is not obligatory. 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar ﷺ said: "We used to wash the body, and some from us would take a bath, and some would not do so." (Sunan Ad-Dārīmi, Hadīth: 1802, 2/72]