Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27151

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawareb narrated to us, Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, on the authority of Suhail ibn Abi Saleh, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, who said: “Whoever washes him, performs the ablution, and whoever carries him the ablution” means the dead person. He said, and in the chapter On the authority of Ali and Aisha. Abu Issa said that the hadith of Abu Hurairah is a hasan hadith, and it was narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah in authentic cases. The people of Knowledge about the one who washes the dead. Some of the people of knowledge among the companions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and others said: If he washes the dead, then he must Washing. Some of them said that ablution is required. Malik ibn Anas said, “I prefer washing rather than washing the dead, and I do not see that as obligatory.” And so Al-Shafi’i said. And Ahmad said: Whoever washes a dead person, I hope that washing is not obligatory for him. As for ablution, the least that has been said about it And he said Ishaq, it is necessary to perform ablution. He said, and it was narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak that he said, “There is no harm in not washing or performing ablution.” Whoever washes the dead...