nor is his moustache to be trimmed. Likewise, it is forbidden to circumcise an uncircumcised deceased person or to clip his fingernails, for the limbs of the dead are inviolable and must not be violated in this way. Nothing sound has been transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ or from his Companions allowing any of that.
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Seeking blessing through the relics of the Prophet ﷺ is a privilege unique to him and must not be extended to scholars, righteous people, or anyone else, for several reasons:
First: No one can share this distinction with him, for the gulf between him and others is vast.
Second: Such matters are regulated by revelation; they may only be practiced with explicit textual evidence, and nothing in the sources extends them to anyone other than him ﷺ.
Third: The Companions knew that Abu Bakr was the best of the ummah, yet there is no report that they raced to obtain the water of his ablution and the like, as they did with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Fourth: Treating a person as an object of blessing is a temptation for him and a path to self-aggrandizement, which leads to his ruin. -
The washer must conceal anything unsightly he observes on the deceased. Imam Ahmad records (24360) from ʿĀʾishah that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever bathes a dead person, discharges the trust involved, and does not spread his faults will emerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him.” Muslim relates (2699) from Abū Hurayrah that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Whoever covers a Muslim, Allah will cover him in this world and the Hereafter.”
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It is permissible to act on a woman’s opinion in matters that pertain to women, as indicated by his words, “If you women see it that way.”
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The statement of experts is to be accepted in matters that fall within their own field of work.
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Ibn al-Mulaqqin said: This indicates the permissibility of shrouding a woman in a man’s garment.