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Abu Dawood: Hadith 3148

21. 'Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana''iz)'

سنن أبي داود

21/1162 Chapter:

How The Deceased Is To Be Washed

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3148
Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الْغُسْلَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، يَغْسِلُ بِالسِّدْرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالْكَافُورِ ‏.‏
Narrated Qatadah:
Muhammad b. 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.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3147
In-book : Book 21, Hadith 59
English translation : Book 20, Hadith 3141