How is the washing of the deceased performed, and is the siddur left on the body?

Question:
I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to explain how the deceased is washed, and whether the siddur is left on the body or removed? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you.

Answer:
The washing of the deceased involves placing him gently on the washing bed on his back, and gently squeezing his abdomen until whatever is ready to come out of his stomach exits. Then he is cleaned, meaning the two passages are washed; he is stripped of his clothes and his lower garment is placed over his private parts. Then his abdomen is squeezed as mentioned, with a light squeeze. Then the washer wraps a cloth around his hand and inserts it from inside the lower garment, which is between the navel and the knee, into the deceased's private parts to clean him by purifying the two passages and washing them with water. He should be as we mentioned, with his private parts covered, and he inserts his hand from under the covering, and the hand should also have a wrapping on it so that he does not directly touch the private parts; rather, it is done through the wrapping on the hand. Then he performs wudu for him as for prayer, except that he does not put water in his mouth or nose.
Instead, he takes a cloth moistened with water and inserts it into his mouth to wipe his teeth, and inserts it into his nose to wipe the inside of his nose with this cloth moistened with water. This serves as a substitute for rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose. Then he performs a complete wudu for him. After that, he pours water over his body. He pours water over his body and washes his head and beard with the lather of the siddur. He pours water over his body and uses the siddur with the washing to clean the body. The commonly known soap now suffices in place of the siddur.
The most complete way is to wash him three times. If he is content with washing him once, cleaning him thoroughly, then that suffices. Nothing of the siddur is left on his body; rather, he is washed and cleaned. Then something of perfume is placed on the openings of his body. Some perfume is put in cotton and placed on the openings of his body, such as his eyes, mouth, and nostrils. Perfume is also placed in the folds of his body. He perfumes his knees, between his thighs, and the folds of his body. Then he is wrapped in the shrouds and bound with bands so that the shrouds stay in place, by placing bands over his head, at his waist, and above his legs, and so on. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.