Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram 76
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيْتًا فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ, وَمَنْ حَمَلَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ } أَخْرَجَهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَالنَّسَائِيُّ, وَاَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَحَسَّنَه ُ 1 .1 - صحيح. رواه أحمد رقم (7675)، والترمذي (993). والحديث قد أعله جماعة كالإمام أحمد كما نقل الحافظ ولكن طرق الحديث وشواهده الكثيرة لا تدع أدنى شك في تصحيحه، وانظر "الأصل" إن شئت معرفة ذلك. "تنبيه": وهم الحافظ عي عزوه للنسائي. والله أعلم .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever washes a deceased person, let him perform a ritual bath; whoever carries him, let him perform ablution.’ Ahmad, al-Nasa’i, and al-Tirmidhi reported it, and al-Tirmidhi graded it good. (1)
(1) Authentic. Reported by Ahmad (no. 7675) and al-Tirmidhi (993). A number of scholars, including Imam Ahmad as al-Hafiz transmitted, criticized this hadith; however, its many chains and corroborating reports leave no doubt about its authenticity. See al-Asl for details, if you wish. Note: al-Hafiz erred in attributing it to al-Nasa’i. And Allah knows best.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The main text and English witness attribute the report to al-Nasa’i; the Arabic annotation says this attribution by al-Hafiz was mistaken.