128 - Chapter: Washing (Ghusl) after Burying a Polytheist

190 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us, from Muhammad who said: Shu'bah narrated to me, from Abu Ishaq who said: I heard Najiyah ibn Ka'b narrate from 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that he came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and said: "Indeed Abu Talib has died." He said: "Go and bury him." He said: "He died as a polytheist." He said: "Go and bury him." When I had buried him, I returned to him, and he said to me: "Wash yourself (perform Ghusl)."

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Also narrated by Muslim (1764): (59), and Abu Dawud (2679) from Qutaybah, with this chain of transmission, in a longer version, and Abu Dawud paired Qutaybah with 'Isa ibn Hammad.

Also narrated by Ahmad (9833) from Hajjaj ibn Muhammad al-Missisi, and al-Bukhari (462) and (4372) from 'Abdullah ibn Yusuf, and Ibn Hibban (1239) via the route of 'Isa ibn Hammad — all three of them from al-Layth, with it, in a longer version, except al-Bukhari: (46). And in the narration of Hajjaj ibn Muhammad according to Ahmad: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "Go with Thumamah," so they went with him to palm trees near the mosque, and he washed himself... And in the other narrations: "Release Thumamah," so he went to palm trees near the mosque and washed himself...

Also narrated by Ahmad (8037) and (10268), and Ibn Hibban (1238) via the route of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar al-'Umari, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, with it, and in Ibn Hibban's narration 'Abdullah al-'Umari was paired with his brother 'Ubaydullah. In these narrations, he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered Thumamah to wash himself. And 'Abdullah al-'Umari is weak, but he is supported by his brother 'Ubaydullah, who is trustworthy.

It will also come with its chain in abbreviated form under number (712).

Regarding the obligation of washing (Ghusl) for the disbeliever when he embraces Islam, or its recommendation, there are opinions mentioned in the books of jurisprudence.

(1) In (M): "he came to" — and above the word "to" there is a mark indicating a variant reading.
(2) A good (Hasan) hadith. Najiyah ibn Ka'b: he is al-Asadi, as concluded by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in his "Tahdhib," and he quoted from Ibn al-Madini that he declared him unknown and said: "I do not know anyone who narrates from him other than Abu Ishaq." Ibn Hibban listed him in "al-Majruhin" (1120) and mentioned that Abu Hassan al-A'raj also narrated from him, and he said: "He was a righteous old man; however, there is some confusion in his hadith that does not resemble the hadith of his trustworthy peers from 'Ali, so I do not find it pleasing to use him as evidence when he is alone." End quote. But he was not alone, for others followed him in it as will come, and al-'Ijli declared him trustworthy. And Ibn Hibban did not mention him in "al-Thiqat" — as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in his "Tahdhib" — rather, he =