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abudawud:3147Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām > Qatādah > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

Muhammad b. 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.  

أبو داود:٣١٤٧حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الْغُسْلَ

عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ يَغْسِلُ بِالسِّدْرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالْكَافُورِ