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Chapter 154
ﻩوﺮﻜﻣ ﻦﻣ ﺖﻴﻤﻟا ﻲﻓ ىﺮﻳ ﺎﻤﻋ ﻒﻜﻟا بﺎﺑ
Prohibition of Disclosing the Physical defects of the Deceased
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لﺎﻗ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا لﻮﺳر ﱠنَأ ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا لﻮﺳر ﻰﻟْﻮﻣ ﻢﻠْﺳَأ ٍﻊﻓار ﻲﺑَأ ﻦﻋ
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َﻢَﺘَﻜَﻓ ًﺎﺘﱢﻴﻣ ﻞﱠﺴَﻏ ْﻦَﻣ
ًةﱠﺮﻣ َﻦﻴِﻌﺑْرَأ ﻪﻟ ُﻪﱠﻠﻟا َﺮَﻔَﻏ ، ﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ
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لﺎﻗو ﻢآﺎﺤﻟا ﻩاور
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ﻢﻠﺴﻣ طﺮﺷ ﻰﻠﻋ ﺢﻴﺤﺻ
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928.
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.
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