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."
Malik said, "A man can only do things while he is alive. When he is dead, his actions stop."
Muwatta Malik Book 20, Hadith 16