مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الجنائزBook of Funerals
Statement about giving ghusl to the deceased
Hadith 260
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، نا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ نُغَسِّلُ ابْنَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: ((اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكَ، وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي)) ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ، فَأَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حَقْوَهُ، فَقَالَ: ((أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ)) .
Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us while we were washing his daughter, so he said: “Wash her three times, or five times, or more than that if you feel it is necessary, and in the last washing add camphor or a little camphor to the water. And when you have finished, inform me.” So when we finished, we informed him, and he threw his waist-wrapper towards us and said: “Wrap her body with it.”
