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Narrated Aisha; Ummul Muminin: By Allah; we did not know whether we should take off the clothes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as we took off the clothes of our dead; or wash him while his clothes were on him. When they the people differed among themselves; Allah cast slumber over them until every one of them had put his chin on his chest. Then a speaker spoke from a side of the house; and they did not know who he was: Wash the Prophet ﷺ while his clothes are on him. So they stood round the Prophet ﷺ and washed him while he had his shirt on him. They poured water on his shirt; and rubbed him with his shirt and not with their hands. Aisha used to say: If I had known beforehand about my affair what I found out later; none would have washed him except his wives.