It is permissible for the wife to wash and shroud her deceased husband and the husband to wash and shroud his deceased wife.

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The wife washes her deceased husband and the husband washes his deceased wife.

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنَ الْبَقِيعِ فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا أَجِدُ صُدَاعًا فِي رَأْسِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ وَارَأْسَاهُ فَقَالَ ‏”‏ بَلْ أَنَا يَا عَائِشَةُ وَارَأْسَاهُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏”‏ مَا ضَرَّكِ لَوْ مِتِّ قَبْلِي فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْكِ فَغَسَّلْتُكِ وَكَفَّنْتُكِ وَصَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

From ʿAishah: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came back from Al-Baqi’ and I had a headache and was saying: ‘O my head!’ He said: ‘Rather, I should say, O my head, O ‘A’ishah!’

Then he said: ‘It will not harm you if you were to die before me, for I will take care of you, wash you, shroud you, offer the funeral prayer for you and bury you.’”
(Ahmad, Ibn Mājah, no. 1465, Ad-Darimi and others — graded saheeh by Al-Albani)

كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَقُولُ لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا غَسَّلَهُ إِلاَّ نِسَاؤُهُ

‘A’ishah used to say: “If I had known beforehand about my affair what I found out later, none would have washed him (i.e., the prophet) except his wives.” (Abu Dawood, 3141, Al-Hakim and others — authentic)

Ref: See Ahkām al-Janā’iz of Al-Imām Al-Albānī (rahimahullāh)


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