Is it permissible for a husband or wife to wash the other's body after death, and is it permissible for children and siblings to wash the bodies of their parents?
It is permissible for spouses to wash each other after death, and for a son to wash his father, and for a daughter to wash her mother. However, for a man to wash his mother, sister, or daughter, or for a woman to wash her father or brother, it is not permissible except in cases of extreme necessity, such as the absence of a washer of the same gender. In such a case, the deceased female is washed while dressed in her clothes.
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