* “What type of woven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have woven this with my own hands for you to wear.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it, since he needed it. He came out to us wearing it as a lower wrap. So-and-so the son of so-and-so.” – a man whose name he told that day – said: “O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this sheet is! Let me wear it.” He said: “Yes.” When he went inside he folded it up and sent it to him. The people said to him: “By Allah, you have not done well. The Prophet ﷺ wore it because he needed it, then you asked for it, and you knew that he would not refuse anyone who asked him for something.” He said: “By Allah, I did not ask for it so that I could wear it, rather I asked for it so that it could be my shroud.” Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3555)
أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ مَنْسُوجَةٍ فِيهَا حَاشِيَتَاهَا قَالَ سَهْلٌ وَهَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ هِيَ الشَّمْلَةُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي فَجِئْتُ بِهَا لِأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّهَا لَإِزَارُهُ فَجَسَّهَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍرَجُلٌ سَمَّاهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةَ! اكْسُنِيهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ طَوَاهَا وَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَاللهِ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ؛ كُسِيَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرُدُّ سَائِلًا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي مَا سَأَلْتُهُ لِأَلْبَسَهَا وَلَكِنْ سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ