صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Prayer - Funerals
باب فِي غَسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ:
Chapter: Washing the deceased
Hadith 939
This hadith is listed as number 2174 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ ، قَالَتْ : أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَنَحْنُ نَغْسِلُ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِهِ ، فَقَالَ : " اغْسِلْنَهَا وِتْرًا خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ " ، بِنَحْوِ حَدِيثِ أَيُّوبَ ، وَعَاصِمٍ ، وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ، قَالَتْ : " فَضَفَرْنَا شَعْرَهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَثْلَاثٍ قَرْنَيْهَا وَنَاصِيَتَهَا " .
Umm 'Atiyya reported: There came to us the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as we were washing one of his daughters. So he said: Wash her (dead body) an odd number of times, five times or more than that, the rest of the hadith is the same. She (further) said: We braided her hair in three plaits: (two) on the sides of her head and one on her forehead.
