Hadith 56

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 21: Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) Sahih

Chapter 1162

How The Deceased Is To Be Washed

باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 3144
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ وَضَفَّرْنَا رَأْسَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ ثُمَّ أَلْقَيْنَاهَا خَلْفَهَا مُقَدَّمَ رَأْسِهَا وَقَرْنَيْهَا ‏.‏
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.