فما تضمن هذا الحديث من أن غسل الميت سنة لا يعترض ما قلناه من وجوه احدها: ان هذا الخبر مرسل لان ابن أبي نجران قال عن رجل ولم يذكره، ويجوز أن يكون غير مأمون ولا موثوق به، ثم لو صح لكان المراد في اضافة هذا الغسل إلى السنة أن فرضه عرف من جهة السنة لان القرآن لا يدل على فرض غسل الميت وإنما علمناه بالسنة، وقد قدمنا رِوَايَةَ يُونُسَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:« اَلْأَغْسَالُ مِنْهَا ثَلاَثَةٌ فَرْضٌ» ثم ذكر منها غسل الميت وقد تكلمنا على هذا الخبر فيما مضى.
This narration stating that the washing of the deceased is sunnah does not contradict what we have mentioned, for several reasons: The narration is mursal (disconnected), as Ibn Abi Najran attributes it to "a man" without naming him. It is possible that this man is unreliable or untrustworthy. Even if the narration is authentic, the phrase attributing the washing of the deceased to "sunnah" may refer to the fact that its obligation is known through the Sunnah and not through the Quran. The Quran does not directly indicate the obligation of washing the deceased; rather, we know it from the Sunnah. Additionally, we have previously mentioned the narration of Yunus from some of his associates, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, stating that among the ritual baths, three are obligatory, including the washing of the deceased. We have already discussed this narration earlier.
