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ahmad:14524Rawḥ > Zakariyyā / Ibn Isḥāq > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "When one of you shrouds his brother, then let him shroud him nicely, if he is able to."  

أحمد:١٤٥٢٤حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَفَّنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ إِنْ اسْتَطَاعَ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:995Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUmar b. Yūnus > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Qatādah

The Messenger of Allah said: "When one of you shrouds his brother, then let him use the best of his shrouds."  

الترمذي:٩٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحَسِّنْ كَفَنَهُ وَفِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ سَلاَّمُ بْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَلْيُحَسِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ كَفَنَ أَخِيهِ قَالَ هُوَ الصِّفَاقُ لَيْسَ بِالْمُرْتَفِعِ
ibnmajah:1474Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUmar b. Yūnus > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Abū Qatādah

“If anyone of you is charged with taking care of his brother (after death), let him shroud him well.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ  

ibnhibban:1112al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

Abdullah ibn AbuBakr reported that he heard Urwah say: I entered upon Marwan ibn al-Hakam. We mentioned things that render the ablution void. Marwan said: Does it become void by touching the penis? Urwah replied: This I do not know. Marwan said: Busrah daughter of Safwan reported to me that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who touches his penis should perform ablution. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 181)   

ابن حبّان:١١١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ فَذَكَرْنَا مَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ أَخْبَرَتْنِي بُسْرَةُ بِنْتُ صَفْوَانَ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا مَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَكَرَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ»  

suyuti:2582a

“If anyone of you is charged with taking care of his brother (after death), let him shroud him well.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1474)   

السيوطي:٢٥٨٢a

"إذَا كفَّنَ أحدُكُمْ أخاهُ فليُحسِنْ كَفَنَهُ" .  

[د] أبو داود عن جابر
suyuti:2799a

“If anyone of you is charged with taking care of his brother (after death), let him shroud him well.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1474)   

السيوطي:٢٧٩٩a

"إِذَا وَلِيَ أحدُكُمْ أخاهُ فليُحسِّنْ كفنَه ".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي وابن الجارود، [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر، [ت] الترمذي حسن غريب، [هـ] ابن ماجة والرويانى، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن أبي قتادة والخطيب عن أنس
suyuti:2800a

“If anyone of you is charged with taking care of his brother (after death), let him shroud him well.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1474)   

السيوطي:٢٨٠٠a

"إِذَا وَلِيَ أحدُكُمْ أخاهُ فليحسِّنْ كَفَنَهُ ما استطاع".  

سَمّويَه عن جابر