Hadith 71

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 21: The Book of Funerals Sahih

Chapter 34

Washing the Deceased more than seven times

باب غَسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعَةٍ ‏‏

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1888
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، نَحْوَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكِ ‏"
Something similar was narrated from Umm 'Atiyyah except, that he (the narrator) said:

"Three times or five, or seven, or more than that, if you think that (is necessary)."