How and Where to Apply Perfume to the Deceased

Hazrat Hakeem bin Jabir narrates that when Hazrat Ibn Qais passed away, Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When you have given him the ritual bath, do not hasten in the burial until you have called me. Then we called him, and he came and performed ablution with fragrance (applied fragrance to the places of ablution).

When the application of perfume to the deceased was mentioned in the presence of Hazrat Salim and Hazrat Ubaidullah bin Abdullah, they said: The perfume should be applied between the body and the clothes of the deceased.

Ibrahim says that incense will be applied to the shroud (kafan) of the deceased, and perfume will be applied to the places of prostration.

Ibrahim, regarding applying fragrance to the deceased, says that it should be started from the places of prostration.

Ibrahim says that when the bathing is completed, then after that, perfume will be applied to the places of prostration of the deceased.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him) said that camphor (fragrance) will be applied to the places of prostration of the deceased.