And Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) applied perfume to the child (Abdur Rahman) of Sa'id bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him), then they carried his body and offered the prayer, and did not perform ablution again. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that a Muslim is not impure, whether alive or dead. Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said that if (the body of Sa'id bin Zaid, may Allah be pleased with him) had been impure, I would not have touched it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that a believer does not become impure.

Narrated Um 'Atiyya al-Ansariya: Allah's Apostle came to us when his daughter died and said, "Wash her thrice or five times or more, if you see it necessary, with water and Sidr and then apply camphor or some camphor at the end; and when you finish, notify me." So when we finished it, we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and told us to shroud the dead body in it.