Does touching the body of the deceased, whether male or female, nullify ablution?

The deceased is no longer accountable [for religious duties], and his ablution or purity is not nullified by touching him, because the purpose of washing him is to cleanse and honor him, not to remove ritual impurity (hadath (definition)). The jurists have stipulated that thelaundereR intends by washing the deceased to cleanse him and to perform an act of worship, not to remove ritual impurity, unless the deceased was in a state of major ritual impurity (junub).