Ziziphus mauritiana in Bathing Deceased: Reflection from Hadith Sahih Al-Bukhari 1253, Book 23, Hadith 344

In the current modernisation of the world, various medicines produced by modern technologies have exist to treat diseases in society. This has resulted in less traditional medicine being the focus of our society. However, traditional medicine which is usually made from plants has many hidden nutrients that have not been studied more thoroughly. Ziziphus mauritiana is one of the valuable plants. Ziziphus mauritiana belonging to family Rhamnaceae or commonly called as bidara or sidr in Arabic has been mentioned two times in Quran and four times in Hadith. According to these Hadith, Ziziphus mauritiana leaves is used frequently in bathing such as to bath deceased or as woman bathing agent. To determine either the uses of Ziziphus mauritiana in bathing deceased is just to seek barakah in Islam (tabarruk) or it has its own scientifically justification in term of antimicrobial, qualitative methodology of content analysis and experimental method are carried out. From previous studies, water of Ziziphus mauritiana is believed to easier the shrouding process and prevent it from rapidly smelling. Moreover, some studies found stated the uses of this plant is only a tabarruk. Scientifically studies stated that it is well-known for its antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. However, from both method used in this study, it is proven that the uses of Ziziphus mauritiana in bathing deceased is not just to seek barakah in Islam (tabarruk) as this plant has antimicrobial properties to prevent the deceased from instant decay.