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Darussalam · Volume 3

BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALS

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الحديث: 3148 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 198

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3148. It was narrated from Abū Az-Zubair, that he heard Jābir bin 'Abdullāh narrating from the Prophet ﷺ, that he gave a Khutbah one day and mentioned one of his Companions who had died, and had been shrouded in cloth of poor quality, and buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ said that no man should be buried at night before the funeral prayer had been performed for him, except if one was forced to do that. And the Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you shrouds his brother, let him use a shroud of good quality." (Saḥīh)

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3148 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا، فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ فَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ، وَقُبِرَ لَيْلًا، فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ، حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَضْطَرَّ إِنْسَانٌ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَفَّنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ»

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It does not mean giving an expensive shroud, but only a simple, neat and clean shroud.