The Priority of Washing the Deceased

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the prescribed manner of dealing with a deceased person at the moment of his death? May Allah reward you with good. And who among the people has the greatest right to wash the deceased?

Answer:
Yes. When a person dies, his eyes are closed, and his chin is tied so that his mouth does not open. His clothes are removed so that his body is not affected, and he is covered with something to cover him. These are the procedures taken with the deceased. Then, one hastens to wash him and prepare him, wrapping him in his shroud, praying over him, and carrying him to his grave to bury him. One should proceed with this as soon as possible. Yes. The one with the greatest right to wash the deceased...
The one with the greatest right to wash him is his executor, if the deceased left a will that a specific person should wash him. The executor is given priority if he is qualified for that. After him come his male agnatic relatives, the closest then the next closest, the closest then the next closest. And now, praise be to Allah, there are places for washing the dead provided by the charitable, so if he is taken to these washing places in the mosques, there is no harm in that; it is a good thing. Yes.