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1458. Muhammad bin Sirin narrated that Umm 'Atiyah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ entered upon us when we were washing his daughter Umm Kulthum. He said: 'Wash her three or five times, or more than that if you think you need to, with water and lote leaves, and put camphor or a little camphor in (the water) for the last washing. When you have finished, call for me.' When we finished, we called him, and he gave his waist-wrapper to us and
said: 'Shroud her with it.'"[1]
(Sahih)
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Commentary
Only women should wash the dead body of a female, and the men should wash the dead body of the male; although a husband is allowed to wash the body of his wife, and the wife, is allowed to wash the body of her husband, it is even preferred.
The leaves of the lote tree should be boiled with water and the body should be washed with it, thus the body will be cleansed better, or this goal can in these days be achieved by using soap.
Water should be poured more than one time over the body, but in an odd number of times.
The smell of camphor keeps the insects away from the body, and the water poured over the body for the last time should have camphor in it.
