Those who said the one who washes the deceased need not perform ghusl

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Do not regard your dead as impure, for the believer is not impure, whether alive or dead.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Should the one who washes the deceased also take a ritual bath (ghusl) himself?" He said: "No."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Do not regard your dead as impure; that is, there is no ritual bath (ghusl) due on the one who washes him.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: My honoured mother, after washing a deceased person, said to me: "Ask and tell me: is a ritual bath due on me?" So I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked him. He said: "Was it something impure that your mother washed (that she should now bathe herself)?"

(Sa'id bin Jubayr said:) Then I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and asked him, and he said the same: "Was it something impure that she washed?"

Ibrahim said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked whether a ritual bath is due on the one who washes the deceased. He said: "If your companion is impure, then bathe after washing him."

Aishah bint Sa'd said: Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was called to the funeral of Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was at al-Baqi'. He came, washed him, shrouded him and then applied perfume to him. Then he came to his house and offered the funeral prayer over him. After that he called for water and took a bath, and said: "I did not bathe because I washed the deceased; had he been impure, I would not have washed him. Rather, I bathed because of the heat."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No ritual bath is due on the one who washes the deceased.

It is narrated from Mu'adhah that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked: "Is a ritual bath due on the one who washes the dead?" She said: "No."

Alqamah bin Abdullah al-Muzani said: My father was washed after his death by four of the Companions. They did no more than roll up their sleeves and tuck their shirts into their waistbands; and when they had finished washing him, they performed (only) the ablution of prayer (and did not take a ritual bath).

Khuza'i bin Ziyad said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) left instructions in his will that Ibn Ziyad should not come to him at his death, and that his own companions should take charge of him. So the people called A'idh bin Amr, Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with them) and others from among his companions. To wash Abdullah bin Mughaffal, they rolled up their sleeves and gathered up their shirts, and when they had finished washing him, they only performed ablution.

Urwah said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) shrouded a deceased person (after he had been washed) and applied perfume to him. Then he did not so much as touch water (let alone take a bath).

It is narrated from Ibrahim that they used to say: If your companion is impure, then bathe after washing him.

Imam al-Sha'bi said: If the deceased is impure, then bathe after washing him.