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Muwatta Malik 525

Not graded Muwatta Malik 525

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ، غَسَّلَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ فَسَأَلَتْ مَنْ حَضَرَهَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي صَائِمَةٌ وَإِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ شَدِيدُ الْبَرْدِ فَهَلْ عَلَىَّ مِنْ غُسْلٍ فَقَالُوا لاَ ‏.‏

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that Asma bint Umays washed Abu Bakr as-Siddiq when he died. Then she went out and asked some of the muhajirun who were there, "I am fasting and this is an extremely cold day. Do I have to do ghusl?" They said, "No."

Reported by Malik (No. 525, 525b).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : قَوْلُهُ إِنَّ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ امْرَأَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ غَسَّلَتْهُ يَدُلُّ عَلَى جَوَازِ غَسْلِ الْمَرْأَةِ زَوْجَهَا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ ; لِأَنَّ هَذَا كَانَ بِحَضْرَةِ جَمَاعَةِ الصَّحَابَةِ وَمَوْضِعٌ لَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهُ فِي الْأَغْلَبِ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ وَمِثْلُ هَذَا مِمَّا يُجْزِي فِيهِ أَنْ يُتَحَدَّثَ بِهِ وَيَنْتَشِرَ وَلَا سِيَّمَا أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رضي الله عنه أَوْصَى بِذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يُعْلَمْ لَهُ مُخَالِفٌ فَثَبَتَ أَنَّهُ إجْمَاعٌ قَالَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ مِنْ غَيْرِ ضَرُورَةٍ , وَإِنْ كَانَتْ قَدْ تَزَوَّجَتْ غَيْرَهُ قَالَ , وَكَذَلِكَ لَوْ تَزَوَّجَ هُوَ أُخْتَهَا غَسَّلَهَا قَالَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ وَيُغَسِّلُ أَحَدُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الْآخَرَ وَالْمَيِّتُ مِ…

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Not graded Muwatta Malik 525b

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard people of knowledge say, "When a woman dies and there are no women with her to wash her and no man who has the right by blood ties to take charge of that for her and no husband to take charge of it for her, she should be purified by tayammum ,that…

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ إِذَا مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهَا نِسَاءٌ يُغَسِّلْنَهَا وَلاَ مِنْ ذَوِي الْمَحْرَمِ أَحَدٌ يَلِي ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا وَلاَ زَوْجٌ يَلِي ذَلِكَ…

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