10. Book of Funerals
١٠۔ كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ وَمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهَا مُقَدَّمًا أَوْ مُؤَخَّرًا
ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ وَلِيَ أَمْرَ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يُحْسِنَ كَفَنَهُ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day in the course of his sermon made mention of a person among his Companions who had died and had been wrapped in a shroud not long (enough to cover his whole body) and was buried during the night. The Apostle of Allah ﷺ reprimanded (the audience) that a person was buried during the night (in a state that) funeral prayer could not be offered (over him by the Messenger of Allah). (And this is permissible only) when it becomes a dire necessity for a man. The Apostle of Allah ﷺ also said: When any one of you shrouds his brother, he should shroud him well. (Using translation from Muslim 943)
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ فَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ وَقُبِّرَ لَيْلًا فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ بِلَيْلٍ أَوْ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يَوْهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْعِلْمِ، أَنَّ تَكْفِينَ الْمَيِّتِ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ سُنَّةٌ
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كُفِّنَ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ سَحُولِيَّيْنِ»
ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ لَمْ يُرِدْ بِهِ نَفْيُ مَا وَرَاءَ هَذَا الْعَدَدِ الْمَذْكُورِ فِي خِطَابِهِ
[Machine] I was with Abu Bakr when his death approached, and I presented myself with this poem.
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ فَتَمَثَّلْتُ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ تَكْفِينَ الْمَيِّتِ فِي الْقَمِيصِ وَالْعِمَامَةِ سُنَّةٌ
"The Prophet was shrouded in three white Suhuli garments." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1898)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قَمِيصٌ وَلَا عِمَامَةٌ»