5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

times. As each side is washed, water is poured three times.
If an ill person dies in a state of junub, he is still washed
once. If anything breaking ablution comes out after the washing
he is not washed or given an ablution again. But the things
coming out are washed away by pouring water. It is sunna to
make niyya (intention) when washing the corpse. Without a
niyya the dead person still becomes clean, but the fard does not
cease to be an obligation.
If it is understood that the corpse has ben washed by angels
and genies, it is washed again. No one except the washer and
his helper is allowed into the washing area. Those who wash
the dead person must be trustworthy. They must convey the
symptoms of blessedness and conceal the symptoms of
wickedness seen on the corpse. They must not divulge the
shame of the dead person. The dead person’s guardian can
enter the area.
Our master Rasûlullah (sallallâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) was
washed by Fadl the son of Abbâs, and Hadrat Alî (radiyallâhu
’anhum). Meanwhile Usâma (radiyallâhu ’anh) was pouring
water on him, and Abbâs (radiyallâhu ’anh) was going in and
out of the room.
Anything that would give pain to a living person gives pain to
a dead person, too. For this reason, the corpse is not washed
with very cold or very hot water. [Nor is it kept in an ice-house
lest it will putrefy. Putrefaction must be prevented by immediate
interment, and the corpse must not be kept waiting for the
arrival of relatives living far away]. It is not permissible to wash
the corpse with Zemzem water. Any hair falling out is placed in
the shroud. For, every part of the human body is sacrosanct
and is buried. Also, it is sunna to bury the nails, the hairs and
the teeth that have fallen out or have been cut out or extracted
from a living person.
After being washed, the corpse is wiped dry with a piece of
cloth on the washing bench. An aromatic mixture of things
called hanût or camphor is sprinkled over its hair and beard. It is
makrûh to apply saffron. Cotton sprinkled with camphor is put
on its organs of sajda (prostration), [such as forehead, nose,
knees, fingers and toes].
In Hanafî Madhhab it is not permissible to comb the corpse’s
hair or to trim its hair, beard, moustache, or nails. It is
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