My father az-Zubair ؓ told me that on the day of Uhud, a woman came running, and when she was about to reach where the slain were, the Prophet ﷺ did not want her to see them, and he said, ʿThe woman, the woman!ʿ az-Zubair ؓ said: “I thought that she was my mother Safiyyah, so I went running towards her and caught up with her before she reached the slain. She shoved me in the chest, and she was a tough woman.” She said: “Stay away from me, may you have no land!” I said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is urging you (not to go and see them).” She stopped and took out two pieces of cloth that she had with her and said: “These are two pieces of cloth that I have brought for my brother Hamzah. I have heard that he has been killed; shroud him with them.” We brought the two pieces of cloth to shroud Hamzah with them, but we saw beside him one of the Ansar who had been killed, and the same had been done to him as to Hamzah. We did not feel it was appropriate to shroud Hamzah in two pieces of cloth and to leave the Ansari with no shroud, so we said: “One piece for Hamzah and one piece for the Ansari.” We measured (the pieces of cloth) and found that one of them was larger, so we drew lots between them and shrouded each of them in the piece of cloth that was selected for him.

أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْعَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَتْ أَنْ تُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْقَتْلَى قَالَ فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ تَرَاهُمْ فَقَالَ الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَرْأَةَ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ فَتَوَسَّمْتُ أَنَّهَا أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَسْعَى إِلَيْهَا فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى قَالَ فَلَدَمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً جَلْدَةً قَالَتْ إِلَيْكَ لَا أَرْضَ لَكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَزَمَ عَلَيْكِ قَالَ فَوَقَفَتْ وَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَوْبَيْنِ مَعَهَا فَقَالَتْ هَذَانِ ثَوْبَانِ جِئْتُ بِهِمَا لِأَخِي حَمْزَةَ فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَقْتَلُهُ فَكَفِّنُوهُ فِيهِمَا قَالَ فَجِئْنَا بِالثَّوْبَيْنِ لِنُكَفِّنَ فِيهِمَا حَمْزَةَ فَإِذَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَتِيلٌ قَدْ فُعِلَ بِهِ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِحَمْزَةَ قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَا غَضَاضَةً وَحَيَاءً أَنْ نُكَفِّنَ حَمْزَةَ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَا كَفَنَ لَهُ فَقُلْنَا لِحَمْزَةَ ثَوْبٌ وَلِلِأَنْصَارِيِّ ثَوْبٌ فَقَدَرْنَاهُمَا فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الآخَرِ فَأَقْرَعْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَكَفَّنَّا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي طَارَ لَهُ

[AI] When the polytheists withdrew from the battle of Uhud, the Prophet ﷺ sat alone. A woman came carrying dead bodies, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "This woman, this woman." When she came closer, he realized that it was his mother Safiyyah, so he said, "Oh mother, go back." She replied, "I have no place to go." He said, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will take care of you." She then gave him two pieces of cloth and said, "Use these to shroud my two brothers." The Prophet ﷺ found next to him a man from the Ansar who did not have a shroud, so we decided it would be best to use the two pieces of cloth to shroud Hamzah and the Ansari man. We tore the cloth and each of them were shrouded in the cloth that was best suited for them.

لَمَّا انْصَرَفَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ جَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَاحِيَةً وَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَؤُمُّ الْقَتْلَى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّمْتُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أُمَّهْ ارْجِعِي فَلَدَمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَتْ لَا أَرْضَ لَكَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْزِمُ عَلَيْكِ قَالَ فَأَعْطَتْنِي ثَوْبَيْنِ فَقَالَتْ كَفِّنُوا فِي هَذَيْنِ أَخِي قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَا إِلَى جَنْبِ حَمْزَةَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَيْسَ لَهُ كَفَنٌ فَوَجَدْنَا فِي أَنْفُسِنَا غَضَاضَةً أَنْ نُكَفِّنَ حَمْزَةَ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ كَفَنٌ قَالَ فَأَقْرَعْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي أَجْوَدِ الثَّوْبَيْنِ فَكَفَّنَّا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي طَارَ لَهُ