ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ غَسَّلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said: When they wanted to wash the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , they disagreed about it. They said, "By Allah, we do not know how to proceed. Should we undress the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as we undress our dead or should we wash him while he is still wearing his clothes?" Aisha said: So when they disagreed, Allah sent down rain as a sign upon them, to the extent that every person among them tasted it in their chest while sleeping. She said: Then Allah addressed them from the direction of the house that they did not know who it was, and He said, "Wash the Prophet ﷺ and his clothes." She said: So they rushed to him and washed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was wearing his shirt, and water and sidr were poured over him, and men massaged him with his shirt. She used to say, "If I had known how to handle this matter, I would have delayed washing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except by his wives."  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَمَّا أَرَادُوا غُسْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ فَقَالُوا وَاللهِ مَا نَدْرِي كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ؟ أَنُجَرِّدُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا نُجَرِّدُ مَوْتَانَا أَمْ نُغَسِّلُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ؟ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا اخْتَلَفُوا أَرْسَلَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّنَةَ حَتَّى وَاللهِ مَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ إِلَّا ذَقْنُهُ فِي صَدْرِهِ نَائِمًا قَالَتْ ثُمَّ كَلَّمَهُمْ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ لَايَدْرُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فَقَالَ اغْسِلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ قَالَتْ فَثَارُوا إِلَيْهِ فَغَسَّلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي قَمِيصِهِ يُفَاضُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءُ وَالسِّدْرُ وَيُدَلِّكُهُ الرِّجَالُ بِالْقَمِيصِ وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ لَوْ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا غَسَّلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا نِسَاؤُهُ  

[Machine] "We wanted to wash the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , but the people had a disagreement regarding it. Some of them said, 'We should strip the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as we strip our dead or wash him while his clothes are on.' So Allah revealed the Sunnah upon them until every single one of them had fallen asleep with his chin on his chest. Then someone from the direction of the Ka'bah said, 'Don't you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is to be washed with his clothes on?' So they washed him while his shirt was on, pouring water over it and rubbing it gently over him. Aisha said, 'By Allah, if I did not know that it was from the order of Allah, I would not have washed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except for his garments.'"  

أَرَدْنَا غُسْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَلَفَ الْقَوْمُ فِيهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنُجَرِّدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا نُجَرِّدُ مَوْتَانَا أَوْ نُغَسِّلُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ فَأَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهُمُ السُّنَّةَ حَتَّى مَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا نَائِمٌ ذَقْنُهُ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ أَمَا تَدْرُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُغَسَّلُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ؟ فَغَسَّلُوهُ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصُهُ يَصُبُّونَ الْمَاءَ عَلَيْهِ وَيُدَلِّكُونَهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا غَسَّلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا نِسَاؤُهُ»