* “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 جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ مَنْسُوجَةٍ مِنْهَا حَاشِيَتُهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ؟ قَالُوا الشَّمْلَةُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَتْ نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي فَجِئْتُ لِأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَلَبِسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ وَإِنَّهَا لَإِزَارُهُ أَوْ رِدَاؤُهُ شَكَّ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَجَسَّهَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ لِرَجُلٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةَ أَكَسَيْتَنِيهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ طَوَاهَا فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَاللهِ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ لَبِسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرُدُّ سَائِلًا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا إِلَّا لِيَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ وَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ