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ibnmajah:1473 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Hishām b. Saʿd > Ḥātim b. Abū Naṣr > ʿUbādah b. Nusa from his father > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

“The best of shrouds is the Hullah (two-piecer).”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ حَاتِمِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَىٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Ḥākim
tirmidhi:1517 – Salamah b. Shabīb > Abū al-Mughīrah > ʿUfayr b. Maʿdān > Sulaym b. ʿĀmir > Abū Umāmah

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best of Udhiyah (sacrifice) is a ram, and the best (burial) shroud is the Hullah."  

الترمذي:١٥١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عُفَيْرِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ الأُضْحِيَةِ الْكَبْشُ وَخَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَعُفَيْرُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ
ibnmajah:3130 – al-ʿAbbās b. ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Abū ʿĀʾidh > Sulaym b. ʿĀmir > Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī

“The best of shrouds is a two piece Najrani garment and the best of sacrifices is a horned ram.”  

ابن ماجة:٣١٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَائِذٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سُلَيْمَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ وَخَيْرُ الضَّحَايَا الْكَبْشُ الأَقْرَنُ  

malik:17-10 – Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab and from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ,said, "There is a tax of a fifth on buried treasure."  

مالك:١٧-١٠ – حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَعَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الرِّكَازِ الْخُمُسُ  

hakim:7551 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > Hishām b. Saʿd > Ḥātim b. Abū Naṣr > ʿUbādah b. Nusay from his father > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit > Rasūl

The Prophet ﷺ said: The best shroud is a lower garment and one which covers the whole body, and the best sacrifice is a horned ram. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3156)  

الحاكم:٧٥٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أَنْبَأَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ حَاتِمِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ الضَّحِيَّةِ الْكَبْشُ الْأَقْرَنُ وَخَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح