with water and Sidr." [Agreed upon]. And in the Hadith of Umm Sulaym: "Then wash her after that three times with water and Sidr." Many of our later companions held the view that one should not leave Sidr with the water if it alters it. Then they differed; Ibn Hamid said: A small amount of Sidr, which does not alter it, should be added to all the water to combine acting upon the Hadith while the water remains pure. Al-Qadi and Abu al-Khattab said: He is washed the first time with Sidr, then he is washed after that with plain water, so the total is considered one washing, and the count is based on the latter, not the first; because Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him, likened his washing to the washing for major ritual impurity (janaba), and because if the Sidr alters the water, it deprives it of the quality of purification, and if it does not alter it, there is no benefit in leaving a small amount that has no effect. The apparent meaning of Ahmad's words is the former. This is taken from his statement, indicating that the alteration of water by Sidr does not remove it from its purity. Some of our companions said: The washer should take three vessels; a vessel
= [The Chapter of] Camphor in washing the deceased, and [The Chapter of] Al-Ish'ar, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Mujtaba 4/24-28. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of What Came Regarding Washing the Deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/468, 469. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter of Washing the Deceased, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Muwatta 1/222. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/84, 85, 6/407, 408. (3) Narrated by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter of the Shroud being Two Garments, [The Chapter of] Hanut (embalming fragrance) for the Deceased, and The Chapter of How the Deceased is Shrouded, from the Book of Funerals; and in: The Chapter of What is Forbidden of Perfume for a Muhrim (pilgrim in ihram) and a Muhrima, [The Chapter of] A Muhrim who dies in Arafat..., and The Chapter of the Sunnah for a Muhrim if he dies, from the Book of Hunting Penalties. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/96, 3/20, 23. And Muslim, in: The Chapter of What a Muhrim should do if he dies, from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/865-867. It was also narrated by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of How to Deal with a Muhrim if he dies, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/196. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter of What Came Regarding a Muhrim who dies in his state of ihram, from the Chapters of Hajj. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/175. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter of How a Muhrim is Shrouded if he dies, from the Book of Funerals, and in: The Chapter of a Muhrim covering his face and head, The Chapter of Washing a Muhrim with Sidr if he dies, The Chapter of How many [garments] a Muhrim is shrouded in if he dies, The Chapter of the Prohibition of applying Hanut to a Muhrim if he dies, The Chapter of the Prohibition of covering the face and head of a Muhrim if he dies, and The Chapter of the Prohibition of covering the head of a Muhrim if he dies, from the Book of Rituals. Al-Mujtaba 4/32, 5/112, 154, 155. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter of a Muhrim who dies, from the Book of Rituals. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1030. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter of What a Muhrim should do if he dies, from the Book of Rituals. Sunan al-Darimi 2/50. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/215, 286, 287, 333. (4) Its documentation was previously mentioned on page 373. (5) Omitted from A.
