9. Funerals

٩۔ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ

9.54 [Machine] What is recommended for improving the shroud?

٩۔٥٤ بَابُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنْ تَحْسِينِ الْكَفَنِ

bayhaqi:6694Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Muḥammadābādhī > Aḥmad b. Yūsuf al-Sulamī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ made a speech one day and mentioned a man from among his Companions who died and was shrouded in a shroud of bad quality, and was buried at night. The Prophet ﷺ rebuked that man be buried at night until prayer was offered over him, except that a man was forced to do that. The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you shrouds his brother, he should use a shroud of good quality. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3148)   

البيهقي:٦٦٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمُحَمَّدَآبَاذِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ السُّلَمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبأ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا وَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ وَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ وَقُبِرَ لَيْلًا فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ بِاللَّيْلِ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كَفَّنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ