Volume 2, Book 23, Number 346:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
Allah’s Apostle, concerning his (dead) daughter’s bath, said, “Start with the right side, and the parts
which are washed in ablution.”
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Volume 2, Book 23, Number 347:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
When we washed the deceased daughter of the Prophet, he said to us, while we were washing her,
“Start the bath from the right side and from the parts which are washed in ablution.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 348:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
The daughter of the Prophet expired, and he said to us, “Wash her three or five times, or more if
you see it necessary, and when you finish, notify me.” So, (when we finished) we informed him and
he unfastened his waist-sheet and told us to shroud her in it.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 352:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
We entwined the hair of the dead daughter of the Prophet into three braids. Waki said that Sufyan
said, “One braid was entwined in front and the other two were entwined on the sides of the head.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 353:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
One of the daughters of the Prophet expired and he came to us and said, “Wash her with Sidr (wa –
ter) for odd number of times, i.e. three, five or more, if you think it necessary, and in the last, put
camphor or (some camphor on her), and when you finish, notify me.” So when we finished we in –
formed him. He gave his waist-sheet to us (to shroud her). We entwined the hair (of the deceased
girl) in three braids and made them fall at her back.