Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1889
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ، إِخْوَتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَتِ ابْنَةٌ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَنَا بِغَسْلِهَا فَقَالَ " اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ " . قَالَتْ قُلْتُ وِتْرًا قَالَ " نَعَمْ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا أَوْ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَافُورٍ فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي " . فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا آذَنَّاهُ فَأَعْطَانَا حَقْوَهُ وَقَالَ " أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ " .
Isma‘il ibn Mas‘ud narrated to us, saying: Bishr narrated to us, from Salamah ibn ‘Alqamah, from Muhammad, from one of his brothers, from Umm ‘Atiyyah, who said: A daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) died, and he instructed us to wash her. He said: ‘Wash her three, five, or seven times, or more than that if you think it appropriate.’ She said: I asked, ‘An odd number?’ He said: ‘Yes. Put camphor—or some camphor—in the final wash, and when you have finished, let me know.’ When we had finished, we informed him, and he gave us his waist-wrapper and said: ‘Wrap her with it against her skin.’
Translation notes
The chain says ‘from one of his brothers’ without naming the brother; ‘his’ follows Muhammad in the Arabic wording.