A husband washing his wife and the morticians disclosing the deceased's condition
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Does a husband wash his wife? And what do you advise those who wash the dead, since some of the men and women who wash the dead tell people about the state of the deceased when he is buried and what he is like?
The Shaykh:
If the deceased is a child below the age of discernment, men or women may wash him. But if he has reached the age of discernment or older, then if he is male, men wash him, and if he is female, women wash her. It is not permissible for men to wash a woman, nor for women to wash men, except between spouses. A husband may wash his wife, and a wife may wash her husband, as a matter of conviction.
The presenter:
He says:
The Shaykh:
The last part of the question is that some of those who wash the dead disclose their secrets and make baseless claims about them, saying so-and-so has such-and-such marks on him, or so-and-so has such-and-such frightening things on him. This is not permissible. These are secrets they are not allowed to reveal. Furthermore, they do not know; something appears to them that is not true. They should cover the faults of their brothers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Does a husband wash his wife? And what do you advise those who wash the dead, since some of the men and women who wash the dead tell people about the state of the deceased when he is buried and what he is like?
The Shaykh:
If the deceased is a child below the age of discernment, men or women may wash him. But if he has reached the age of discernment or older, then if he is male, men wash him, and if he is female, women wash her. It is not permissible for men to wash a woman, nor for women to wash men, except between spouses. A husband may wash his wife, and a wife may wash her husband, as a matter of conviction.
The presenter:
He says:
The Shaykh:
The last part of the question is that some of those who wash the dead disclose their secrets and make baseless claims about them, saying so-and-so has such-and-such marks on him, or so-and-so has such-and-such frightening things on him. This is not permissible. These are secrets they are not allowed to reveal. Furthermore, they do not know; something appears to them that is not true. They should cover the faults of their brothers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/265 — archive.org (11:49)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.