Is ritual purity required for the one who washes the deceased?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, is there a requirement of purity?
The Shaykh : What kind of purity?
The questioner : Wudu.
The Shaykh : The washer, you mean?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition. Yes, I mean, it is not required that the washer be in a state of purity. But the scholars said: it is not befitting for one in a state of major ritual impurity to be around the deceased, because the angels do not enter a house in which there is one in a state of major ritual impurity. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, I asked, I think.
The questioner : No, you did not ask.
The Shaykh : You did not ask.
The Shaykh : What kind of purity?
The questioner : Wudu.
The Shaykh : The washer, you mean?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition. Yes, I mean, it is not required that the washer be in a state of purity. But the scholars said: it is not befitting for one in a state of major ritual impurity to be around the deceased, because the angels do not enter a house in which there is one in a state of major ritual impurity. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, I asked, I think.
The questioner : No, you did not ask.
The Shaykh : You did not ask.