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Is it permissible for a Christian woman to wash her Muslim husband (after death)?

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It is not permissible for a non-Muslim woman to wash her Muslim husband or any other Muslim woman, because ritual washing (ghusl) is an act of worship that requires intention, and a disbeliever is not qualified for it.

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