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Rulings on Bathing the Deceased

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    Posted: 13 November 2017 at 7:38am
1- It is important to choose, for the purpose of bathing the deceased, someone that is trusted, just and knowledgeable about the rulings of the funeral bath.

2- Priority is given to the person appointed or entrusted by the deceased (before his death), then the relatives according to their closeness, on the condition that such a person knows the rulings of the bath; otherwise a more knowledgeable person is chosen for the task.

3- A man bathes men and a woman bathes women, and any of a married couple can bathe the other. This is due to the Prophet�s ﷺ statement to A�ishah (may Allah be pleased with her): �You would not be harmed if you were to die before me, as I would wash you, shroud you, pray over you and thereafter bury you.� [ Source: Ibn Majah.]

A man or woman can bathe children below the age of seven; but it is forbidden for any Muslim � male or female � to bathe an unbeliever, carry his remains to the funeral, shroud or offer funeral prayer over him, even if this unbeliever is a close relative, such as his father.

4- A martyr who died during a battle is not to be bathed, shrouded or prayed on, but he should be buried in the clothes in which he died.

5- When an aborted fetus � a child that is born of its mother before complete formation, male or female� reaches four months, it is to be bathed, shrouded, prayed over and buried, because after four months it has become a human being.

6- The water used to wash the deceased�s body must be pure and legitimate, and the deceased must be bathed in a covered place, just as the presence of anybody not having any business with the bathing process is to be prevented.

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