Can the husband wash his wife if she died before consummation of the marriage?
Question

                If one of the spouses dies before consummation of the marriage, is it permissible for one of them to wash the other (ghusl, in preparation for burial)?
Praise be to Allah.
    Firstly: 

    In the answer to question no.
    14016, we stated that it is 
    permissible for one of the spouses to wash the other.

     Secondly: 

    It is permissible for the husband to wash his wife after she 
    dies, even if he did not consummate the marriage with her, because they are 
    still spouses, based on the fact that they inherit from one another. 

    In al-Bahr ar-Raa’iq Sharh Kanz ad-Daqaa’iq (2/118) it 
    says: The wife may wash her husband whether he consummated the marriage with 
    her or not.

    End quote. 

    In at-Taaj wa’l-Ikleel Sharh Mukhtasar Khaleel (3/8) 
    it says: One of the spouses may wash the other, whether he had consummated 
    the marriage with his wife or not… because it is a permissible marriage and 
    they inherit from one another (if one of them dies) before consummation of 
    the marriage.

    End quote. 

    Al-Bahooti (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Each of the 
    spouses may wash the other, even if death came before consummation of the 
    marriage.

    End quote from Kashshaaf al-Qinaa‘, 2/89 

    And Allah knows best.