It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man was on his mount with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Arafat; his mount threw him and he died. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wash him with water and lote-tree leaves, shroud him in two garments, do not apply perfume to him, and do not cover his head, for Allah Almighty will raise him reciting the talbiyah." This establishes that one who is not in ihram is to be perfumed and his head is to be covered, because the prohibition was given on account of the ihram.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6698
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Adam fell ill with the illness in which he died, he said to his sons: O my sons! I am ill, and I desire what a sick person desires, and I desire fruit of Paradise. Look for it for me. They went out and began running here and there in the land. They suddenly met the angels, who said: O sons of Adam! What do you intend? They said: We are seeking fruit of Paradise for our father. The angels said: Go back, for the command has been given to take your father's soul and carry it to Paradise." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "So the angels took Adam's soul while they all watched; they shrouded him and applied perfume to him while they watched, and they performed the funeral prayer over Adam while they watched. Then they said: O sons of Adam! This is your Sunnah and way regarding your dead."
Kharijah bin Mus'ab narrated it as marfu' (from the Prophet), while Hushaym bin Bashir and others narrated it from Yunus bin Ubayd as mawquf (the Companion's own words). Some of them added in it: Then they dug a grave for him and buried him; and added: So you too should do likewise.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6699
Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the time of death came to Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), and he narrated the rest of the hadith with the same meaning as a mawquf report (Ubayy's own words).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6700
Umm Sulaym, the mother of Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with them both), narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a woman dies and they intend to wash her," (he narrated the long hadith in full) and he said: "Then pack her lower part with cotton as much as you can. Then soak that cotton in perfume. Then take a long, clean cloth and tie it around her waist as a waistband is tied. Then knot it between her thighs and press her hips together. Then lay one end of the cloth from her waist down to her knees. This is what is meant by 'her lower part' (sulfah). Then perfume her and shroud her."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6701
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you fumigate the deceased with incense, do it an odd number of times." And it is also narrated: "Fumigate the shroud of the deceased three times."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6702
Abbas bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I discussed this hadith with Yahya bin Ma'in (may Allah have mercy on him), and he said: No one narrated it as marfu' (from the Prophet) except Yahya bin Adam. And he considers this hadith to be a mistake.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6703
Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to her family: When I die, fumigate my clothes with incense, then apply perfume to me, and do not sprinkle perfume on my shroud, and do not follow my funeral with fire.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجنائز / 6704