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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Hadith of Washing the Dead and What Is Seen of Their Good or Bad Ending

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says that she is a woman engaged in calling people to Allah the Exalted, and she wants her da'wah to be based on knowledge. She performs the washing of the dead, and her question is that she sees, when washing the women, things that are good and others that are bad, which may indicate a good or bad ending. Is it permissible for her to speak about this in her lectures to encourage or warn, knowing that she does not mention names? And is it permissible to cite the permissibility of mentioning the good things about the deceased by the hadith
Mention the good qualities of your deceasedاذكروا محاسن موتاكم؟
I hope for clarification and detail due to my strong need for it, as I and my sisters who wash the dead.

Answer:
As for her calling to Allah and washing the dead, that is ihsan (excellence in worship) and a righteous deed, may Allah reward her with good. As for reporting the conditions of the one being washed, it is not permissible; because this is a trust and a secret, so it is not permissible for her to speak about it to people. As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), if the hadith is authentic,
Mention the good qualities of your deceasedاذكروا نحاسن موتاكم
the meaning is their good qualities that were in their lives, their deeds that they used to do in their lives, and their kindness to people. As for mentioning what is seen on them at the time of washing, that is a secret and a trust that is kept and not revealed.
Source الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 091-كتاب الجنايات - ديات النفس — archive.org (37:23)

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