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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Prayer - Funerals
" اغْسِلْنَهَا وِتْرًا خَمْسًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ "
There came to us the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as we were washing one of his daughters. So he said: Wash her (dead body) an odd number of times, five times or more than that, the rest of the hadith is the same. She (further) said: We braided her hair in three plaits: (two) on the sides of her head and one on her forehead.
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- Hadith 945e
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- Hadith 922
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- Hadith 940b
A hadith like this has been narrated by 'Uyaina on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
- Hadith 959b
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- Hadith 977b
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
- Hadith 935b
" You did not spare the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) the botheration."