When no lote leaves are found for the deceased: washing with something else, khatmi or ushnan

Al-Aswad said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "May the head of the deceased be washed with marsh-mallow (khatmi)?" She said: "Do not put your dead to needless hardship."

Ibrahim said: If you do not have lote-tree leaves (sidr) for washing the deceased, there is no harm or loss.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) said: They (the Companions) would not wash with marsh-mallow (khatmi) when they were able to obtain lote-tree leaves (sidr).

Al-Hasan said: I would wash the deceased with lote-tree leaves (sidr); if I did not find them, I would wash him with marsh-mallow (khatmi); and if marsh-mallow too were not found, I would wash him with ushnan (saltwort).

Abu Qilabah said: When a sick person's illness has been long, he is to be washed (after death) with ushnan (saltwort).

Al-Dahhak said: "Do not wash me with lote-tree leaves (sidr)."

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: If lote-tree leaves (sidr) are not found for washing the deceased, then wash him with marsh-mallow (khatmi).