The ruling on one who washes a deceased person without knowing the method of the Islamic ritual washing
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Question:
The listener: Mizar Abdul Qawi Zidan, residing in Iraq, says: I had three friends who drowned in the sea and passed away to the mercy of Allah. I washed them in the hospital, but I did not know the correct method for the Islamic ritual washing. Do I bear any sin?
Answer:
As long as you poured water over them and washed them completely with water, it is sufficient, and praise be to Allah.
As for the Islamic ritual washing, it begins first with cleaning oneself after relieving oneself if any urine or feces came out of him. The washer places a cloth on his hands and washes his anus and private parts to remove impurity, pours water, and covers the area between the navel and the knee from view. Then, he performs the Islamic ablution for him: he rinses his mouth and nose with water, washes his face and arms, wipes his head and ears, and washes his feet. Then, he pours water over his head with sidr, using water and sidr on his head, then on his right side, then his left side, and then completes the washing. This is the best. He puts camphor in the last washing, which is a well-known fragrance that strengthens the body and makes the smell pleasant. This is the best.
However he washes him, it is sufficient; however he washes him, it is sufficient for him. The important thing is that water covers him and the impurity is removed. But the best is that he starts with cleaning oneself after relieving oneself, then the Islamic ablution, then he washes him with water and sidr in three washings. He washes his head first with water and sidr three times, then pours water over his body three times: the right side, then the left side, in three washings. If he needs more than three, then five; if he needs more, then seven. He stops at an odd number; this is the best. If he washes him once or twice, that is sufficient for him, but the best is three, then five, then seven if needed. The best in every case is three, three washings. But if he needs more because there is a lot of dirt on him, it becomes five, an odd number. If that is not enough, he increases to seven until he removes the dirt and cleans the deceased. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listener: Mizar Abdul Qawi Zidan, residing in Iraq, says: I had three friends who drowned in the sea and passed away to the mercy of Allah. I washed them in the hospital, but I did not know the correct method for the Islamic ritual washing. Do I bear any sin?
Answer:
As long as you poured water over them and washed them completely with water, it is sufficient, and praise be to Allah.
As for the Islamic ritual washing, it begins first with cleaning oneself after relieving oneself if any urine or feces came out of him. The washer places a cloth on his hands and washes his anus and private parts to remove impurity, pours water, and covers the area between the navel and the knee from view. Then, he performs the Islamic ablution for him: he rinses his mouth and nose with water, washes his face and arms, wipes his head and ears, and washes his feet. Then, he pours water over his head with sidr, using water and sidr on his head, then on his right side, then his left side, and then completes the washing. This is the best. He puts camphor in the last washing, which is a well-known fragrance that strengthens the body and makes the smell pleasant. This is the best.
However he washes him, it is sufficient; however he washes him, it is sufficient for him. The important thing is that water covers him and the impurity is removed. But the best is that he starts with cleaning oneself after relieving oneself, then the Islamic ablution, then he washes him with water and sidr in three washings. He washes his head first with water and sidr three times, then pours water over his body three times: the right side, then the left side, in three washings. If he needs more than three, then five; if he needs more, then seven. He stops at an odd number; this is the best. If he washes him once or twice, that is sufficient for him, but the best is three, then five, then seven if needed. The best in every case is three, three washings. But if he needs more because there is a lot of dirt on him, it becomes five, an odd number. If that is not enough, he increases to seven until he removes the dirt and cleans the deceased. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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