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nasai:5322 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > Samurah

The Prophet [SAW] said: "Wear white garments, for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them."  

النسائي:٥٣٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ قَالَ يَحْيَى لَمْ أَكْتُبْهُ قُلْتُ لِمَ قَالَ اسْتَغْنَيْتُ بِحَدِيثِ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1896 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > Samurah

"Abu Az-Zubair told me that he heard Jabir say: "The Messenger of Allah delivered a speech and mentioned a man among his Companions who had died. He had been buried at night and wrapped in a shroud that was not sufficient. The Messenger of Allah reduced (them) and said that no one should be buried at night unless constrained to do that. And the Messenger of Allah said: When one of you wants to takes care of his brother, let him shroud him well."'  

النسائي:١٨٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ  

nasai-kubra:2034 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > Samurah

"Abu Az-Zubair told me that he heard Jabir say: "The Messenger of Allah delivered a speech and mentioned a man among his Companions who had died. He had been buried at night and wrapped in a shroud that was not sufficient. The Messenger of Allah reduced (them) and said that no one should be buried at night unless constrained to do that. And the Messenger of Allah said: When one of you wants to takes care of his brother, let him shroud him well."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1896)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:9567 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > Samurah

The Prophet [SAW] said: "Wear white garments, for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5322)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٥٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهُرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ» قَالَ يَحْيَى لَمْ أَكْتُبْهُ قُلْتُ لِمَ؟ قَالَ اسْتَغْنَيْتُ بِحَدِيثِ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ