Fiqih: Tata Cara Memandikan Jenazah Laki-laki Sesuai Sunnah | NU Online

Main Ideas & Lessons Conveyed

• Washing a deceased Muslim man is a collective obligation (fardhu kifayah): if it’s done by someone, the obligation on others is lifted.
• Men’s corpse washing is required for all men who died, except martyrs who died in war (they are not mentioned as requiring the washing procedure in this subtitles).
• The video outlines:
  • Who has the right/priority to wash the body
  • Two levels of washing (minimum vs. most perfect)
  • What must be prepared
  • Step-by-step procedure for washing
  • Core purposes of the process (cleaning, perfuming, preservation)

Who May Wash the Body (Priority / Eligibility)

For a deceased man without a wife

Priority/eligibility includes:

• Men related through “Ashobah” inheritance (example given: father, son, grandson)
• Male relatives who are not spouses, such as:
  • brothers, nephews, uncles, male cousins
• Other men if higher-priority relatives aren’t available
• Women may wash only if they have a mahram relationship (close marriage-impediment) to the corpse

For a deceased man who has a wife

Priority listed:

1. A mahram male relative of the corpse
2. Two men who are relatives but not mahram (as phrased in subtitles)
3. Three wives
4. Five other men
5. If no men exist, then the woman who may wash is the woman with a mahram relationship to the corpse

Methods of Washing (Minimum vs. Most Perfect)

Minimum method

• Spread water over all parts of the body.

Most brief description of the minimum in the subtitles (two-step summary)

1. Remove impurity from the dead body.
2. Pour water evenly over the entire body.

Claim/standard stated

• If done correctly, the corpse is considered washed and the fardhu kifayah obligation is fulfilled.

Detailed Instructions (Procedure & Preparation)

A) Things to Prepare Before Washing

• Prepare a bathing place, such as:
  • a bathroom,
  • a dedicated “corpse bathroom,”
  • or a specially prepared closed area with a two-story roof (as stated)
• Provide supplies:
  • water
  • bidara leaves
  • soap
  • camphor / camphor (as stated)
  • thin cloth for covering (example: jarit or similar)
• Cover the corpse with a thin cloth:
  • Avoid white cloth, because the subtitles warn that genitals/skin may become “transparent” when bathed.
• Spread fragrance/perfume around the bathing place.
• Cover the corpse’s face during bathing, unless the deceased died while in ihram (then face-covering is not allowed).
• Place the corpse on a prepared table/stand.
• If there is no special place, the corpse may be held by the person washing.

Requirements regarding the washer

• The person washing must be trustworthy and keep secrets.
• Another person besides the washer is prohibited from entering the bathing area.

Additional precautions / health-safety mention

• Use personal protective equipment to prevent spread of disease, without the family or washer being aware (as phrased in subtitles—exact meaning may be unclear due to auto-caption errors).

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B) Steps Performed Before the Main Washing

1. Clean the teeth using the left index finger.
2. Clean the nostrils using the little finger, and wear gloves.
3. Clean dirt under/around the designated areas using a soft object.
4. Clean the dirt on the stomach area:
   • The corpse is positioned slightly sitting/leaning backward.
   • Press repeatedly and gently from top to bottom.
   • When pressing the right side, lift the left thigh, and vice versa.
5. When touching outside parts (except genitals):
   • use a mat or gloves
   • Using a mat is stated as sunnah
6. Clean impurities from the corpse.
7. Clean the genitals and anal area with the left hand:
   • gloves or thin cloth is obligatory

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C) “Intention” (Niyyah)

• The subtitles include the intention as:
  • “I intend to bury this corpse.” (This appears as the intention line in the subtitles, though typically wording may differ; included as-is.)

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D) Main Washing Procedure (Sequence of Washes)

The subtitles state the corpse is washed in phases, with the following key actions:

1. Rinse the entire body evenly with neutral water.
2. Wash/shampoo the head and hair, and comb slowly so hair doesn’t fall out.
   • If hair falls out:
     • it is stated as obligatory to bury it
     • and sunnah to put the fallen hair into the shroud with the corpse
3. Flush the entire body with water mixed with soap.
4. Flush the entire body with clean water to remove remaining soap, including tilting/positioning steps:
   • Start from the right side
   • Then tilt the corpse to flush the back from the right
   • Then tilt to the right to flush the back from the left
   • When tilting, lift the left leg first then raise it above the right leg, and vice versa
5. Flush with water mixed with bidara leaves.
6. Flush with water mixed with a little camphor.

Core Purpose / Meaning of the Washing (As Summarized in the Subtitles)

• In principle, washing includes three functions:
  1. Cleaning
  2. Perfuming
  3. Preserving / protecting
• Water “neutral” is for cleaning.
• Bidara leaves or soap are for cleaning (as described).
• Camphor is for making the body more durable/preserved.

Conclusion Stated

• The video ends with a prayer that Allah bless worship activities and the greeting of wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Speakers / Sources Featured (As Named in Subtitles)

• Sheikh Salim bin Sumair al-Hadrami — Safinatun Najah
• Doctor Mustofa al-Hind — al-fiqhul Manhaj
• NU Online (video/source title; no individual host named in subtitles)