Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1463

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ مَنْ غَسَّلَ مَيِّتًا فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever washes a deceased person, let him perform a ritual bath.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source gives a directive to perform ghusl after washing a deceased person; it does not elaborate on the ruling.