رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 928
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- 35
Chapter 11
Chapter context: Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased
- باب الكف عن ما يري من الميت من مكروه
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Original Arabic
عن أبي رافع أسلم مولي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
من غسل ميتاً فكتم عليه ، غفر الله له أربعين مرة
((رواه الحاكم وقال صحيح علي شرط مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Rafi` Aslam (May Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "He who washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be forgiven forty times.'' [Al-Hakim].
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This is Hadith 928 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 7, The Book of Visiting the Sick, as in-book entry 35 under the chapter “Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased.”
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