Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1461

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ مُبَشِّرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ لِيُغَسِّلْ مَوْتَاكُمُ الْمَأْمُونُونَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad ibn al-Musayyab al-Himsi narrated to us; Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, from Mubashshir ibn Ubayd, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Abdullah ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Let trustworthy people wash your dead.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic is a brief instruction identifying the people who should wash the deceased as those who are trustworthy.