9. Funerals
٩۔ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came to us while we were washing his daughter. He said, "Wash her three times, or five times, or more than that, if you see it necessary, with water and sidr, and add camphor in the Hereafter. Then, inform me when you are finished." When we had finished, he threw his garment towards us and said, "Wrap her in this." He did not specify anything beyond that. He said, "I do not know which daughters of his he was referring to, but he claimed that the Prophet ﷺ had said that poetry was in her nature." Ibn Sirin also used to command women to let their hair down and not tie it.
دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺوَنَحْنُ نُغَسِّلُ ابْنَتَهُ فَقَالَ اغْسِلْنَهَا ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكَ بِمَاءٍ وَسِدْرٍ وَاجْعَلْنَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ كَافُورًا فَإِذَا فَرَغْتُنَّ فَآذِنَّنِي فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا أَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا حَقْوَهُ فَقَالَ أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ قَالَ وَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلَا أَدْرِي أِيَّ بَنَاتِهِ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ الْإِشْعَارَ الْفِفْنَهَا فِيهِ قَالَ وَكَذَلِكَ كَانَ ابْنُ سِيرِينَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تُشْعَرَ لِفَافَةً وَلَا تُؤْزَرَ
ثنا ابْنُ زَنْجُوَيْهِ فَذَكَرَهُ
I was one of those who washed Umm Kulthum, daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, when she died. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ first gave us lower garment, then shirt, then head-wear, then cloak (which covers the whole body), and then she was shrouded in another garment. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting at the door, and he had shroud with him. He gave us the garments one by one. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3157)
يُقَالُ لَهُ دَاوُدُ قَدْ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺعَنْ لَيْلَى بِنْتِ قَانِفٍ الثَّقَفِيَّةِ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ فِي مَنْ غَسَّلَ أُمَّ كُلْثُومِ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺعِنْدَ وَفَاتِهَا فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا أَعْطَانَا الْحِقَاءَ ثُمَّ الدِّرْعَ ثُمَّ الْخِمَارَ ثُمَّ الْمِلْحَفَةَ ثُمَّ أُدْرِجَتْ بَعْدُ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْآخِرِ قَالَتْ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ مُعِدٌّ كَفَنَهَا يُنَاوِلُنَاهُ ثَوْبًا ثَوْبًا