The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Umm Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has: (Wash her) seven times or more if you think fit.
Read More..Narrated Qatadah: Muhammad bin Sirin used to learn how to wash the dead from Umm Atiyyah: he would was with lotus leaves twice and with water and camphor for the third time.
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم made a speech one day and mentioned a man from among his Companions who died and was shrouded in a shroud of bad quality, and was buried at night. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم rebuked that man be buried at night until prayer was offered over him, except that a man was forced to do that. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: When one of you shrouds his brother, he should use a shroud of good quality.
Read More..Narrated Aishah: That the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was shrouded in a garment of Yemeni stuff, it was then removed from him.
Read More..Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: When one of you dies, and he possesses something, he should be shrouded in the garment of the Yemeni stuff.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban.
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