Hadith 21

Sahih Bukhari

Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)

Chapter 14

To undo the hair of a (dead) female

باب نَقْضِ شَعَرِ الْمَرْأَةِ

And Ibn Sirin said, “There is no harm in undoing the hair of a (dead) female.” ​​
وَقَالَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يُنْقَضَ شَعَرُ الْمَيِّتِ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1260
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَسَمِعْتُ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ سِيرِينَ، قَالَتْ حَدَّثَتْنَا أُمُّ عَطِيَّةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهُنَّ جَعَلْنَ رَأْسَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ نَقَضْنَهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلْنَهُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَهُ ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ‏.‏
Hafsa bint Seereen:

Um 'Atiyya said that they had entwined the hair of the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in three braids. They first undid her hair, washed and then entwined it in three braids."