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Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar shrouded his son Waqid ibn Abdullah, who had died at al-Juhfa while in ihram, and he veiled his head and face and said, "If we had not been in ihram we would have perfumed him. " Malik said, "A man can only do things while he is alive. When he is dead, his actions stop

وحدثني عن مالك، عن نافع، ان عبد الله بن عمر، كفن ابنه واقد بن عبد الله ومات بالجحفة محرما وخمر راسه ووجهه وقال لولا انا حرم لطيبناه . قال مالك وانما يعمل الرجل ما دام حيا فاذا مات فقد انقضى العمل