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.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Hadith #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.
This hadith is from the book of Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz) in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 348 in book 23 of volume 2.
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