Hadith 53

Sahih Muslim

Book 11: The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Chapter 12

Washing the deceased

باب فِي غَسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ ‏

Sahih Muslim 939h
وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَيْثُ أَمَرَهَا أَنْ تَغْسِلَ ابْنَتَهُ قَالَ لَهَا ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا ‏"
Umm 'Atiyya reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked her to wash his daughter, he told her to start from the right side, and with those parts of the body over which Wudu' is performed.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Umm Atiyyah Ansariyah

أم عطية الأنصارية

84 narrations

follower
2

Hafsa bint Sirin

حفصة بنت سيرين

65 narrations

follower
3

Khalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'

خالد بن مهران الحذاء

296 narrations

successor
4

Hashaym bin Bashayr bin al-Qasim

هشيم بن بشير بن القاسم

354 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Yahya bin Yahya bin Bukayr

يحيى بن يحيى بن بكير

883 narrations