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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one spouse washing the other after death

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this is Abu 'Abdullah. He says: My father instructed my mother to wash his body. Is it permissible for a wife to wash her deceased husband?

Answer:
Yes, each of the spouses may wash the other. The wife washes her husband, and the husband washes his wife. This is between the spouses. As for others, men are washed by men and women are washed by women. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2639 - حكم غسل أحد الزوجين للآخر بعد الوفاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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