أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ إِخْوَتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَتْ ابْنَةٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَمَرَنَا بِغَسْلِهَا فَقَالَ اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَکْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِکِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ وِتْرًا قَالَ نَعَمْ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ کَافُورًا أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ کَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ فَأَعْطَانَا حِقْوَهُ وَقَالَ أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1894
It was narrated that Umm ‘Atiyyah said: “A daughter of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم : died and he told us to wash her. He said: ‘Three times, or five, or seven, or more than that, if you think that (is necessary).’ I said: ‘An odd number?’ He said: ‘Yes, and put camphor, or some camphor, in (the water) the last time. And when you have finished, inform me.’ So when we finished, we informed him, and then gave us his waist-wrap and said: ‘Shroud her in it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020