سنن أبي داود

Hadith 3144

Book 21: Funerals (Kitab Al-Janaiz)

كِتَاب الْجَنَائِزِ

Chapter 33

Chapter: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed.

باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

English narration

Narrated by أم عطية الأنصارية

The above mentioned has also been transmitted by Umm Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has: we braided her hair in three plaits and placed them behind her back, one plait of the front side and the two side plaits.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ ، قَالَتْ : وَضَفَّرْنَا رَأْسَهَا ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُونٍ ، ثُمَّ أَلْقَيْنَاهَا خَلْفَهَا مُقَدَّمَ رَأْسِهَا ، وَقَرْنَيْهَا .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3144In-book: Book 21, Hadith 3144

The isnād

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