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Mayyit Ghusl (Ghusl for a dead body)

Issue 238: When a Muslim dies, they must be given a Ghusl, shrouded, prayed for, and then buried.

Issue 239: Giving a dead Muslim a Ghusl, shrouding, praying for and burying their body is obligatory for any Mukallaf Muslim, and if some of the Mukallaf Muslims shoulder this responsibility, then it will not be obligatory for others, and if no one takes the responsibility, they will be all sinners.

Issue 240: If someone undertakes to manage a dead Muslim's affair, it will not be obligatory for others to do so but if it remains unfinished, others must finish it.

Issue 241: If one is certain that the Ghusl giving, shrouding, praying or burying done for a dead Muslim is invalid and incorrect, they must redo it, but if they doubt the validity of what is done, it is not obligatory to redo it.

Issue 242: There are three obligatory Ghusls for a dead body:

1- Ghusl with water mixed with Cedar-leaf powder.

2- Ghusl with water mixed with camphor.

3- Ghusl with pure Mutlaq water.

Issue 243: The quantity of the Cedar-leaf powder and camphor must neither be so much as to make the water Mudhaf nor so little as to seem that no Cedar-leaf powder and camphor has been added to the water.

Issue 244: If there is not enough Cedar-leaf powder and camphor available, the obligatory precaution is to add the available quantity to the water.

Issue 245: If there is no Cedar-leaf powder and camphor available, or the use of the Cedar-leaf powder and camphor is not permissible, for instance, if it is usurped, the dead body must be given a Ghusl with pure Mutalq water instead of each impossible Ghusl.

Issue 246: One who gives Ghusl to a dead body, must be a sane and mature Ithna' Ashari Muslim, and must know the rules of the Ghusl.

Issue 247: It is obligatory to give Ghusl to the dead body of a Muslim's child even if the child is illegitimate. But Ghusl giving, shrouding and burying of the dead body of an infidel and their children is not permissible. The dead body of one who has been insane since their childhood and has reached puberty while being insane, must be given the Ghusl if both or one of their parents is Muslim, otherwise it is not permissible to give Ghusl to their dead body.

Issue 248: If a man gives Ghusl to the dead body of a woman or vice versa, the Ghusl will be void. However, a man and wife can give Ghusl to the dead body of each other, although the recommended precaution is to avoid doing so.

Issue 249: If there is no man to give Ghusl to the dead body of another man, the kinswomen who are his Mahram, like his mother, sister, maternal or paternal aunt, or those women who become one's Mahram by suckling are allowed to give Ghusl to his dead body. Similarly, if there is no woman to give Ghusl to the dead body of anther woman, her kinsmen who are her Mahram by suckling, are allowed to give Ghusl to her dead body from under her dress.

Issue 250: Mayyit Ghusl is the same as Janabah Ghusl, and the obligatory precaution is to perform it in the sequential manner (Tarteebee) as long as it is possible, otherwise it may be performed in the immersion manner (Irtimasi). In the case of the sequential Ghusl, the recommended precaution is to avoid immersing each of the three parts of the body but pour water on it.

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