Ruling On Taking Payment For Bathing A Deceased Person

Answer (beginning)

الُجّوابُ بِعونِ الُملِكِ الُوِفّابِ اللُهُمًّ هِدایةًا The preferred and superior practice is to wash the deceased without any payment Regarding taking payment, there are two scenarios: 1 If someone else is available and capable of washing the deceased then it is permissible to take payment 2. If no one else is available except the one who is capable of washing the deceased, then payment is not permissible In this case, since it is wajib (obligatory ) for that person to perform the ghusl payment for an obligatory act is not allowed In Tanwir al Absar wa Durr al Mukhtar الأجرجاز ان كان…

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