Washing the deceased with soap and shampoo
Question What is the ruling on starting to wash the deceased with soap and shampoo if there is a lot of dirt on him? Praise be to Allah. What I think you should do is to do that which is mentioned in the hadeeth of Umm ‘Atiyyah, so wash the deceased with water and lotus…
Question
Praise be to Allah.
What I think you should do is to do that which is mentioned
in the hadeeth of Umm ‘Atiyyah, so wash the deceased with water and lotus
leaves each time you wash him, starting on the right and washing the parts
of the body washed in wudoo’, taking care to remove any dirt etc, each time
you wash him, until he is clean, even if that means washing him more than
seven times, because of the hadeeth mentioned. There is no need for soap,
shampoo or anything else, unless the lotus leaves are not enough to remove
the dirt, in which case it is o.k. to use soap, shampoo, potash and other
kinds of dirt-removers from the first wash, and to put some camphor in the
final washing, because of the hadeeth mentioned. This is the Sunnah as far
as I know from the saheeh ahaadeeth, because of the hadeeth of Umm ‘Atiyyah
and similar ahaadeeth.
