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997. Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh narrated: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ shrouded Ḥamzah bin ‘Abdul-Muṭṭlib in one cloth of Namirah.[2]” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, Ibn 'Abbās, 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal, and Ibn 'Umar.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Aishah is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
Narrations about the shroud of the Prophet ﷺ differ, and the Hadīth of 'Aishah is the most correct of the Aḥādīth that have been reported about shrouding the Prophet ﷺ.
This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. Sufyān Ath-Thawrī said: "A man should be shrouded in three cloths, it can be a shirt and two wraps if one wills, or three wraps if one wills."
One cloth is acceptable if they do not find two cloths, and two cloths is acceptable, and three is better to them for those who find them. This is the saying of Ash-Shāfī, Ahmad and Ishāq. They say that the woman is shrouded in five cloths.
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Footnotes
1
[1] See no. 859. The Habīr Burd is a Yemeni Burd (type of garment or cloth) with designs on it. See An-Nihāyah.
2
[2] A wrap made of wool or otherwise with white and black designs. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
Commentary
Three pieces of cloth are legislated for a male as it has been explained, but if three pieces of cloth are not available one piece will suffice. A female should be shrouded in five pieces of cloth, a lower wrap, shirt, two other pieces and one head cover. (Al-Mughnī v. 5. p392.)
