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bukhari:1271Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Hishām > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ was shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made of Suhul (a type of cotton), and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.  

البخاري:١٢٧١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابِ سَحُولَ كُرْسُفٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  


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bukhari:1264Muḥammad b. Muqātil > ʿAbdullāh > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three Yemenite white Suhuliya (pieces of cloth) of cotton, and in them there was neither a shirt nor a turban."  

البخاري:١٢٦٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ يَمَانِيَةٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ مِنْ كُرْسُفٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِنَّ قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  

bukhari:1272Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three pieces of cloth and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.  

البخاري:١٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  

bukhari:1273Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made of white Suhul and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.  

البخاري:١٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  

nasai:1897Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"Wear white clothes for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them."'  

النسائي:١٨٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ بِيضٍ  

nasai:1898Qutaybah > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet was shrouded in three white Suhuli garments."  

النسائي:١٨٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  

abudawud:3151Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban.  

أبو داود:٣١٥١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ قَالَتْ

كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ يَمَانِيَةٍ بِيضٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلاَ عِمَامَةٌ  

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  

ahmad:25601Yaḥyá > Hishām from my father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3151)   

أحمد:٢٥٦٠١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ أَخْبَرَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ قَالَتْ

كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ يَمَانِيَةٍ بِيضٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ  

ahmad:25680Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ passed away, he was shrouded in three Yemeni white and reddish garments, meaning they were made of cotton. It was said that there was no shirt or turban in his shroud.  

أحمد:٢٥٦٨٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

لَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ يَمَانِيَةٍ بِيضٍ كُرْسُفٍ يَعْنِي قُطْنًا قَالَتْ لَيْسَ فِي كَفَنِهِ قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ  

ahmad:25949ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"Wear white clothes for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1897)  

أحمد:٢٥٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ بِيضٍ  

ahmad:25795Wakīʿ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3151)   

أحمد:٢٥٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا قُبِضَ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ يَمَانِيَةٍ بِيضٍ كُرْسُفٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ  

ahmad:25323ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Hishām from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three garments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirt nor a turban. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3151)   

أحمد:٢٥٣٢٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ تَكْفِينَ الْمَيِّتِ فِي الْقَمِيصِ وَالْعِمَامَةِ سُنَّةٌ

ibnhibban:3037ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet was shrouded in three white Suhuli garments." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1898)  

ابن حبّان:٣٠٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ»  

nasai-kubra:2035Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"Wear white clothes for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1897)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولٍ بِيضٍ»  

nasai-kubra:2036Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made of white Suhul and neither a shirt nor a turban were used. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1273)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ»  

bayhaqi:6672Abū Jaʿfar Kāmil b. Aḥmad al-Mustamlī > Abū Sahl Bishr b. Aḥmad al-Isfarāyīnī > Dāwd b. al-Ḥusayn al-Bayhaqī > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three white cotton garments, without a shirt or headdress.  

البيهقي:٦٦٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ كَامِلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمُسْتَمْلِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلٍ بِشْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيُّ ثنا دَاودُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ بِيضٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى
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"عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ: كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فِى ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ مِنْ كُرْسُفٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ".  

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