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What WasNarrated Concerning A ManWashing His Wife And AWoman Washing HerHusband

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Darussalam · Volume 2

6. The Chapters On WhatHas Been NarratedRegarding Funerals

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الحديث: 1464 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 470

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1464. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "If I had known then what I know now, no one would have washed the Prophet ﷺ but his wives." (Hasan)

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1464 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «لَوْ كُنْتُ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ، مَا غَسَّلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ نِسَائِهِ»

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The relationship between a husband and wife is such a great relationship that they are not required to cover their body from each other. Therefore they have more right to wash each other's body. This Hadith also refutes those who say that the spouses are not allowed to look at each other's face after death and nor they can wash each other.