Imam Shabi states that when a woman passes away, the relationship between her and her husband comes to an end.

Hazrat Sha'bi says that a man cannot give ghusl (ritual bath) to his wife. This is also the opinion of Hazrat Imam Sufyan.

11303 - And this is the opinion (1) of Sufyan.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Yasar narrates that I heard from Hazrat Sulaiman bin Musa, he used to say that a man will give ghusl (ritual bath) to his wife.

Hazrat Masruq narrates that when Hazrat Umar’s wife passed away, he said: When she was alive, I was the one most entitled to her, and today you are more entitled to her.

Hazrat Auf narrates that I was present in the gathering of Qasamah bin Zuhair, and in that gathering there were some elders who had witnessed the era of Hazrat Umar. A man said: A woman from Banu Amir bin Sa’sa’ah was my wife, and he praised her with goodness and said, when the dangerous plague spread, she too was afflicted with the disease of plague. When she was near death, she said, "I am a poor woman, and besides you, there is no one deserving or suitable for me." Then the woman passed away; I bathed her and buried her. Hazrat Auf narrates that none of those elders reproached him for this act, nor did they scold or rebuke him.

Hazrat Abu Hashim narrates that Hazrat Abu Qalabah bathed his own daughter himself.

Hazrat Abul Hasan Al-Wasiti says that Hazrat Abu Qilabah bathed his daughter. I asked him: How do you know about this? I said we were present in the house, so he came to us and informed us that he had bathed his daughter, and she was a young girl.

Hasan says that there is no harm if a woman gives (boys) children a bath when they have been weaned or are a little older than that.

11310 - Azhar narrated to us from Ibn Awn: Muhammad was asked about a woman washing a boy. He said: I do not know of any harm in that.