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
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