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ahmad:24625Muḥammad b. Idrīs / al-Shāfiʿī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah

[Machine] He said, "I asked Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, about how many garments the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wrapped in when he died?" She said, "He was wrapped in three white, coarse garments."  

أحمد:٢٤٦٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ يَعْنِي الشَّافِعِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي كَمْ كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَتْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ  


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muslim:941dIbn Abū ʿUmar > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah

I asked 'A'isha with how many garments the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shourded. She said: With three garments of Sahul.  

مسلم:٩٤١dوَحَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا فِي كَمْ كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ  

malik:16-5Yaḥyá > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three pure white cotton garments, none of which was a long shirt or a turban.  

مالك:١٦-٥حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  

malik:16-6Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd

that the Prophet ﷺ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three pure white cotton garments.  

مالك:١٦-٦وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ  

hakim:4415ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl al-ʿAdl > Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "Abu Bakr asked me how many shrouds did you wrap the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in?" So I said, "In three garments." He said, "Wrap me in the same."  

الحاكم:٤٤١٥حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ الْعَدْلُ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَأَلَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي كَمْ كَفَّنْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَقُلْتُ «فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ» قَالَ فَفِيهَا كَفِّنُونِي  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
bayhaqi:6674Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad And ʾAḥmad b. Sahl > Ibn Abū ʿUmar > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah

[Machine] He said, "I asked Aisha, 'In how many clothes was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shrouded?' She said, 'In three white garments.'"  

البيهقي:٦٦٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَالَا ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ فِي كَمْ كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ