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كتاب الجنائز
21  
Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
(1162)
Chapter: How The Deceased Is To Be Washed
(33)
باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ
Sunan Abi Dawud 3144
The above mentioned has also been transmitted by Umm 'Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators. This version has:
we braided her hair in three plaits and placed them behind her back, one plait of the front side and the two side plaits.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ وَضَفَّرْنَا رَأْسَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ ثُمَّ أَلْقَيْنَاهَا خَلْفَهَا مُقَدَّمَ رَأْسِهَا وَقَرْنَيْهَا ‏.‏
Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani)  صحيح   (الألباني) حكم   :
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 3144
In-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 56
English translation : Book 20, Hadith 3138