CHAPTER: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed.
Narrated Umm Atiyyah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم came in when his daughter died, and he said: Wash her with water and lotus leaves three or five times or more than that if you think fit, and put camphor, or some camphor in the last washing, then inform me when you finish. When we had finished we informed him, and he threw us his lower garment saying: Put it next to her body. Malik's version has: that is, his lower garment (izar); and Musaddad did not say: He entered in.
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: We braided her hair in three plaits.
The above mentioned has also been transmitted by Umm Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has: we braided her hair in three plaits and placed them behind her back, one plait of the front side and the two side plaits.
Narrated Umm Atiyyah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to them while washing her daughter: Begin with her right side, and the places where the ablution is performed.
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Umm Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has: (Wash her) seven times or more if you think fit.
Narrated Qatadah: Muhammad bin Sirin used to learn how to wash the dead from Umm Atiyyah: he would was with lotus leaves twice and with water and camphor for the third time.