Is it permissible to learn how to wash the deceased by practicing on a living man?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: Is it permissible to learn how to wash the deceased by practicing on washing a living man so that those present can see how the washing is done?
Answer:
Answer: One should be alive and wash him. Attend, attend the place where they wash the funerals. You will know, if Allah wills. Study, study fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), for fiqh contains how to wash the deceased. And if you want to practice, attend those who prepare the funerals; you will learn, if Allah wills. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: Is it permissible to learn how to wash the deceased by practicing on washing a living man so that those present can see how the washing is done?
Answer:
Answer: One should be alive and wash him. Attend, attend the place where they wash the funerals. You will know, if Allah wills. Study, study fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), for fiqh contains how to wash the deceased. And if you want to practice, attend those who prepare the funerals; you will learn, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4247- 4717] هل يجوز تعلم كيفية تغسيل الميت بالتدرب على رجل حي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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