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malik:16-6Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd

that the Prophet ﷺ that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three pure white cotton garments.  

مالك:١٦-٦وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
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  

ibnmajah:1470Muḥammad b. Khalaf al-ʿAsqalānī > ʿAmr b. Abū Salamah > Hadhā Mā > from Abū Muʿayd Ḥafṣ b. Ghaylān > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three thin white Suhuli cloths.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْعَسْقَلاَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ هَذَا مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ أَبِي مُعَيْدٍ حَفْصِ بْنِ غَيْلاَنَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ثَلاَثِ رِيَاطٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ  

ibnmajah:1471ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three garments: The shirt in which he died, and a Najrani Hullah.  

ابن ماجة:١٤٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ قَمِيصُهُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ وَحُلَّةٌ نَجْرَانِيَّةٌ  

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:1942Ibn Idrīs > Yazīd > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wrapped in three garments: his shirt in which he died, and a Najrani cloak, the cloak being two garments.  

أحمد:١٩٤٢حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ فِي قَمِيصِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ وَحُلَّةٍ نَجْرَانِيَّةٍ الْحُلَّةُ ثَوْبَانِ  

ahmad:26276Miskīn b. Bukayr > Saʿīd / Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Makḥūl > ʿUrwahaʿan ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was shrouded in three Yemeni cloths.  

أحمد:٢٦٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مِسْكِينُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ مَكْحُولٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عُرْوَةَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ رِيَاطٍ يَمَانِيَةٍ  

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:24625Muḥammad b. Idrīs / al-Shāfiʿī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah

[Machine] He said, "I asked Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, about how many garments the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wrapped in when he died?" She said, "He was wrapped in three white, coarse garments."  

أحمد:٢٤٦٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ يَعْنِي الشَّافِعِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي كَمْ كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَتْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ  

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»  

tabarani:12146ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was wrapped in three clothes, in his shirt that he died in, and a purple gown.  

الطبراني:١٢١٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ فِي قَمِيصِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ وَحُلَّةٍ أَنْبِجَانِيَّةٍ  

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
bayhaqi:6674Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad And ʾAḥmad b. Sahl > Ibn Abū ʿUmar > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. al-Hād > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah

[Machine] He said, "I asked Aisha, 'In how many clothes was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shrouded?' She said, 'In three white garments.'"  

البيهقي:٦٦٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَالَا ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ فِي كَمْ كُفِّنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتْ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ