The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be forgiven forty times.”.
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رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «من غسل ميتاً فكتم عليه، غفر الله له أربعين مرة»
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who washes a dead body and conceals what he notices of physical defects, he will be forgiven forty times.”.
This Hadīth clarifies the virtue of the one who washes a deceased person and conceals what he sees of defects. Such defects are of two types: the first are related to the deceased's state, and the second to his body. The first type, for example, is if he sees that the face of the deceased has turned dark and ugly, which might be a sign of a bad ending for that person, we ask Allah safety from this situation.
In this case, it is not permissible for him to mention this to others because this is considered revealing the defects of the deceased who has already gone to meet his Lord, and Allah will give him what he deserves of justice or grace. The second type is, for example, seeing a physical defect in the deceased's back or other parts of his body that he used to hide from people in his life.
So, the one who conceals such defects is granted the enormous reward of forty counts of forgiveness.
From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.
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