When washing the deceased, is it permissible for a man to wash a woman or a woman to wash a man?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, who washes a woman when she passes away? And is it permissible for a son to wash his mother if no woman is available?
Answer:
No, a man does not wash a woman unless she is his wife, and a woman does not wash a man unless he is her husband. Apart from that, women are washed by women and men are washed by men. If no one is available to wash him from among the men or women, they said he is placed under a gutter or under a faucet, and water is poured over him along with his clothes, and he is washed by that.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, who washes a woman when she passes away? And is it permissible for a son to wash his mother if no woman is available?
Answer:
No, a man does not wash a woman unless she is his wife, and a woman does not wash a man unless he is her husband. Apart from that, women are washed by women and men are washed by men. If no one is available to wash him from among the men or women, they said he is placed under a gutter or under a faucet, and water is poured over him along with his clothes, and he is washed by that.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [594 -2802] عند تغسيل الميت هل يجوز أن يغسل المرأة الرجل أو الرجل المرأة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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