Chapter on Touching the Deceased
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 25
وَ اُسْتُشْهِدَ حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ أَبِي عَامِرٍ اَلرَّاهِبُ بِأُحُدٍ فَلَمْ يَأْمُرِ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِغُسْلِهِ وَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةَ بَيْنَ اَلسَّمَاءِ وَ اَلْأَرْضِ تُغَسِّلُ، حَنْظَلَةَ بِمَاءِ اَلْمُزْنِ فِي صِحَافٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ كَانَ يُسَمَّى غَسِيلَ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةِ.
Hanzalah ibn Abu 'Amir, known as "the Rahib," was martyred at the Battle of Uhud. The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم did not command that he be washed, saying: "I saw the angels washing Hanzalah with water from the clouds, using silver vessels." Because of this, he was given the title "Ghasil al-Malaika" (The One Washed by the Angels).
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh