Daily Hadith Sat 24-Mar-2018 - 08 Rajab 1439 حديث اليوم
Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased
Abu Rafi` Aslam (May Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "He who washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be forgiven forty times."[Al-Hakim].


Commentary:
If during washing a man's dead body, the washer has noticed some physical defect or some sort of deformation in it, he should avoid disclosing it to others so that a bad name may not come to the departed soul. Yet, the deformity in his body may have come as a Divine vengeance for the sinful and heretic life led by him in this world. In this case, there will be room for such a disclosure. Because on being dreaded and warned of a horrible end, people will come to adopt a clean and pure life in accordance with the religious principles.

154/928 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)
باب الكف عما يرى في الميت من مكروه
عن أَبي رافعٍ أَسْلم موْلى رسول اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم أَنَّ رسول اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم قال : « مَنْ غَسَّل ميِّتاً فَكَتَمَ عَلَيْه ، غَفَرَ اللَّهُ له أَرْبعِينَ مرَّةً » رواه الحاكم وقال: صحيح على شرط مسلم .
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Sat 24-Mar-2018 - 08 Rajab 1439