A man killed or martyred: is he buried as he is or washed?

Al-Muthanna bin Bilal al-Abdi said: Those men narrated to me who were present there when Zayd bin Suhan was wounded in the Battle of the Camel. Zayd said: Tie my clothes tightly on me, and do not wash the blood and the dust off me, for I am a man who will dispute (with my killers on the Day of Resurrection).

When Ibn Sirin was asked about washing the martyr, he would narrate the report of Sayyiduna Hujr bin Adi (may Allah be pleased with him): before his martyrdom, Sayyiduna Hujr bin Adi said to those of his household who were present: Do not wash my blood, do not remove my iron fetters from me, and bury me in these very clothes of mine, for tomorrow (on the Day of Resurrection) Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and I will meet face to face on the open road.

Abu Ishaq said: A man from among the companions of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed by the enemy, so we buried him in those same clothes.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: On the Day of al-Qadisiyyah, Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubayd al-Qari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Tomorrow, if Allah wills, we are going to meet the enemy, and we will be among the martyrs. Do not wash our blood off us, and shroud us in these very clothes of ours.

Al-Ayzar bin Hurayth said: On the Day of the Camel, Zayd bin Suhan said: Bury me, do not wash my blood, and take off my khuffs but do not take off my clothes, for I will present all these things in my favour on the Day of Resurrection.

Zayd bin Suhan said in the Battle of the Camel: Bury us together with our blood that has fallen on the ground.

In the narration of Mis'ar: Zayd bin Suhan said on the Day of the Camel: Bury us together with whatever of our blood has reached the soil.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and al-Hasan said: The martyr is to be washed, for no one dies except in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah).

Amir said: The angels washed Sayyiduna Hanzalah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Bury me in my own clothes, for I am one who will dispute (with my killers on the Day of Resurrection).

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ibrahim said: When a slain man is carried away (from the battlefield), he is to be buried in those same clothes; and if he is carried away while some trace of life still remains in him, he is to be treated in the same way as others are treated.

Amir was asked about a man who was killed by thieves. He said: He is to be buried in those same clothes and is not to be washed.

Thabit bin Umarah said: I heard Ghunaym bin Qays saying: The martyr is to be buried in those same clothes and is not to be washed.

Al-Hasan said: If there is pus or the like on a slain man, he is to be washed.

Ibrahim said: When a person dies on the battlefield, he is to be buried, and his khuffs and sandals are to be removed; and if he was carried from the field while some trace of life remained in him, and then he died, he is to be treated as the ordinary dead are treated (washed and so on).

Al-Hasan said: When Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be washed, and so he was washed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) neither offered the funeral prayer over the martyrs of the Battle of Uhud nor had them washed.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was shrouded, washed and perfumed.

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and at the end he said: He is among the most excellent of the martyrs.

Ibrahim said: When a person is martyred on the battlefield, he is to be buried in those same clothes and is not to be washed.