Muwatta Malik #750
Hajj
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَفَّنَ ابْنَهُ وَاقِدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَمَاتَ بِالْجُحْفَةِ مُحْرِمًا وَخَمَّرَ رَأْسَهُ وَوَجْهَهُ وَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنَّا حُرُمٌ لَطَيَّبْنَاهُ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَإِنَّمَا يَعْمَلُ الرَّجُلُ مَا دَامَ حَيًّا فَإِذَا مَاتَ فَقَدِ انْقَضَى الْعَمَلُ .
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."
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This hadith is #750 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hajj.