Does washing and shrouding the deceased atone for forty major sins, and if not, what is its reward, and what are the expiations for major sins?
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Regarding the virtue of washing the deceased, there are two narrations: The first is from Al-Tabarani, stating that whoever washes a deceased person and conceals their faults will have forty major sins forgiven, and its chain of narration is strong, but Al-Albani declared it weak. The second is from Al-Hakim, stating: "Whoever washes a deceased person and conceals their faults will be forgiven forty times," and Al-Dhahabi and Al-Albani authenticated it. As for the virtue of shrouding the deceased, it is mentioned in a narration by Al-Hakim that Allah will clothe the doer with the silk brocade (sundus) and heavy silk brocade (istabraq) of Paradise.
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