كتاب الجنائز
21  
The Book of Funerals
(34)
Chapter: Washing the Deceased more than seven times
(34)
باب غَسْلِ الْمَيِّتِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعَةٍ ‏‏
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1888
Something similar was narrated from Umm 'Atiyyah except, that he (the narrator) said:
"Three times or five, or seven, or more than that, if you think that (is necessary)."
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، نَحْوَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏ "‏ ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1888
In-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 71
English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1889