Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Translated by Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
If a woman dies while in a state of menstruation, is it obligatory to wash her twice: once to remove the ritual impurity of menstruation, and once as the washing that is required upon death?
Someone who dies only needs to be washed once, even if they were in a state of sex-related impurity (janaba) or menstrual impurity. This is the position of our school. Imam Nawawi said in al-Majmu`, “This is the position of all scholars except for Hasan al-Basri, who held that the deceased must be washed twice. Ibn al-Mundhir said that no one else ever held this position.”
السؤال: لو ماتت المرأة وهي حائض هل يجب أن تغسل مرتين؛ مرة لأجل الحيض ومرة لأجل الموت؟
الجواب: لا يجب في الميت إلا غسلٌ واحد ولو كان جنباً أو المرأة حائضاً، هذا مذهبنا قال الإمام النووي في “المجموع”:” وبه قال العلماءُ كافة، إلا الحسنُ البصري فقال: يغسلان غسلين. قال ابنُ المنذر: لم يقلْ به غيرُه “. اهـ