Is it better for a man to be washed (after death) by his wife or by other men?
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It is permissible for one of the spouses to wash the other after death
Question: 9942
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
It is OK for a woman to wash her husband if she is knows how to do that. ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) washed his wife Faatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), and Asmaa bint ‘Umays washed her husband Abu Bakr al-Siddeeq (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Source:
Kitaab Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), vol. 13, p. 107