What Was Narrated Concerning Washing The Deceased
Darussalam · Volume 2
6. The Chapters On WhatHas Been NarratedRegarding FuneralsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1462 · Volume 3 · Page 462
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1462. It was narrated from 'Ali that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever washes a deceased person, shrouds him, embalsms him, carries him and offers the funeral prayer for him, and does not disclose what he has seen, he will emerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him." (Maudu')
1462 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا، وَكَفَّنَهُ، وَحَنَّطَهُ، وَحَمَلَهُ، وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يُفْشِ عَلَيْهِ مَا رَأَى، خَرَجَ مِنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ، مِثْلَ يَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ»
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Keeping the faults of a deceased secret is rewarding. The Prophet ﷺ stated: 'One who washes the dead body of a Muslim and keeps the deceased's faults secret; Allāh ﷻ forgives that person forty times. (Mustadrak Al-Hākīm, 1/362. Its chain is authentic.)