Sahl bin Saʿd said that a woman brought a Burda (sheet) to the Prophet. Sahl asked the people, "Do you know what is a Burda?" The people replied, "It is a 'Shamla', a sheet with a fringe." That woman said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have brought it so that you may wear it." So the Prophet ﷺ took it because he was in need of it and wore it. A man among his companions, seeing him wearing it, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Please give it to me to wear." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes." (and gave him that sheet). When the Prophet left, the man was blamed by his companions who said, "It was not nice on your part to ask the Prophet for it while you know that he took it because he was in need of it, and you also know that he (the Prophet) never turns down anybody's request that he might be asked for." That man said, "I just wanted to have its blessings as the Prophet ﷺ had put it on, so l hoped that I might be shrouded in it."

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ لِلْقَوْمِ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ هِيَ شَمْلَةٌ فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ هِيَ شَمْلَةٌ مَنْسُوجَةٌ فِيهَا حَاشِيَتُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَكْسُوكَ هَذِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَلَبِسَهَا فَرَآهَا عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ فَاكْسُنِيهَا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَمَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ قَالُوا مَا أَحْسَنْتَ حِينَ رَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَخَذَهَا مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُسْأَلُ شَيْئًا فَيَمْنَعَهُ فَقَالَ رَجَوْتُ بَرَكَتَهَا حِينَ لَبِسَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَعَلِّي أُكَفَّنُ فِيهَا

Shahl bin Saʿd said, "A lady came with a Burda. Sahl then asked (the people), "Do you know what Burda is?" Somebody said, "Yes. it is a Shamla with a woven border." Sahl added, "The lady said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have knitted this (Burda) with my own hands for you to wear it." Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and he was in need of it. Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and he was wearing it as an Izar. A man from the people felt it and said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Give it to me to wear.' The Prophet ﷺ s said, 'Yes.' Then he sat there for some time (and when he went to his house), he folded it and sent it to him. The people said to that man, 'You have not done a right thing. You asked him for it, though you know that he does not put down anybody's request.' The man said, 'By Allah! I have only asked him so that it may be my shroud when I die." Sahl added, "Late it was his shroud."

نَعَمْ هِيَ الشَّمْلَةُ مَنْسُوجٌ فِي حَاشِيَتِهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي أَكْسُوكَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا وَإِنَّهَا لإِزَارُهُ فَجَسَّهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اكْسُنِيهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَجَلَسَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَطَوَاهَا ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ سَأَلْتَهَا إِيَّاهُ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَرُدُّ سَائِلاً فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَاللَّهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهَا إِلاَّ لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ

A woman brought a woven Burda (sheet) having edging (border) to the Prophet, Then Sahl asked them whether they knew what is Burda, they said that Burda is a cloak and Sahl confirmed their reply. Then the woman said, "I have woven it with my own hands and I have brought it so that you may wear it." The Prophet ﷺ accepted it, and at that time he was in need of it. So he came out wearing it as his waist-sheet. A man praised it and said, "Will you give it to me? How nice it is!" The other people said, "You have not done the right thing as the Prophet ﷺ is in need of it and you have asked for it when you know that he never turns down anybody's request." The man replied, "By Allah, I have not asked for it to wear it but to make it my shroud." Later it was his shroud.

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ مَنْسُوجَةٍ فِيهَا حَاشِيَتُهَا أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ قَالُوا الشَّمْلَةُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ نَسَجْتُهَا بِيَدِي فَجِئْتُ لأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا وَإِنَّهَا إِزَارُهُ فَحَسَّنَهَا فُلاَنٌ فَقَالَ اكْسُنِيهَا مَا أَحْسَنَهَا قَالَ الْقَوْمُ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ لَبِسَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَرُدُّ قَالَ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ لأَلْبَسَهَا إِنَّمَا سَأَلْتُهُ لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ

• “What type of woven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have woven this with my own hands for you to wear.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it, since he needed it. He came out to us wearing it as a lower wrap. So-and-so the son of so-and-so.” – a man whose name he told that day – said: “O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this sheet is! Let me wear it.” He said: “Yes.” When he went inside he folded it up and sent it to him. The people said to him: “By Allah, you have not done well. The Prophet ﷺ wore it because he needed it, then you asked for it, and you knew that he would not refuse anyone who asked him for something.” He said: “By Allah, I did not ask for it so that I could wear it, rather I asked for it so that it could be my shroud.” Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.”

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ قَالَ وَمَا الْبُرْدَةُ قَالَ الشَّمْلَةُ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي لأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا فِيهَا وَإِنَّهَا لإِزَارُهُ فَجَاءَ فُلاَنُ بْنُ فُلاَنٍ رَجُلٌ سَمَّاهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةَ اكْسُنِيهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ طَوَاهَا وَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ كُسِيَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لاَ يَرُدُّ سَائِلاً فَقَالَ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا لأَلْبَسَهَا وَلَكِنْ سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ فَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ

• “What type of woven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have woven this with my own hands for you to wear.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it, since he needed it. He came out to us wearing it as a lower wrap. So-and-so the son of so-and-so.” – a man whose name he told that day – said: “O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this sheet is! Let me wear it.” He said: “Yes.” When he went inside he folded it up and sent it to him. The people said to him: “By Allah, you have not done well. The Prophet ﷺ wore it because he needed it, then you asked for it, and you knew that he would not refuse anyone who asked him for something.” He said: “By Allah, I did not ask for it so that I could wear it, rather I asked for it so that it could be my shroud.” Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3555)

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ مَنْسُوجَةٍ فِيهَا حَاشِيَتَاهَا قَالَ سَهْلٌ وَهَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ هِيَ الشَّمْلَةُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي فَجِئْتُ بِهَا لِأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّهَا لَإِزَارُهُ فَجَسَّهَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍرَجُلٌ سَمَّاهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةَ! اكْسُنِيهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ طَوَاهَا وَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَاللهِ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ؛ كُسِيَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرُدُّ سَائِلًا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي مَا سَأَلْتُهُ لِأَلْبَسَهَا وَلَكِنْ سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ

Sahl bin Saʿd said that a woman brought a Burda (sheet) to the Prophet. Sahl asked the people, "Do you know what is a Burda?" The people replied, "It is a 'Shamla', a sheet with a fringe." That woman said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have brought it so that you may wear it." So the Prophet ﷺ took it because he was in need of it and wore it. A man among his companions, seeing him wearing it, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Please give it to me to wear." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes." (and gave him that sheet). When the Prophet left, the man was blamed by his companions who said, "It was not nice on your part to ask the Prophet for it while you know that he took it because he was in need of it, and you also know that he (the Prophet) never turns down anybody's request that he might be asked for." That man said, "I just wanted to have its blessings as the Prophet ﷺ had put it on, so l hoped that I might be shrouded in it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6036)

جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ لِلْقَوْمِ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدُ؟ قَالَ الْقَوْمُ هِيَ شَمْلَةٌ مَنْسُوجَةٌ فِيهَا حَاشِيَتُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جِئْتُ أَكْسُوكَ هَذِهِ فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَلَبِسَهَا فَرَآهَا عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ فَاكْسُنِيهَا؟ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَلَمَّا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَامَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَقَالُوا مَا أَحْسَنْتَ حِينَ رَأَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَهَا مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يُسْأَلُ شَيْئًا فَيَمْنَعُهُ قَالَ وَاللهِ مَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا رَجَوْتُ بَرَكَتَهَا حِينَ لَبِسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَلِّي أُكَفَّنُ فِيهَا

• “What type of woven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have woven this with my own hands for you to wear.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it, since he needed it. He came out to us wearing it as a lower wrap. So-and-so the son of so-and-so.” – a man whose name he told that day – said: “O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this sheet is! Let me wear it.” He said: “Yes.” When he went inside he folded it up and sent it to him. The people said to him: “By Allah, you have not done well. The Prophet ﷺ wore it because he needed it, then you asked for it, and you knew that he would not refuse anyone who asked him for something.” He said: “By Allah, I did not ask for it so that I could wear it, rather I asked for it so that it could be my shroud.” Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3555)

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ مَنْسُوجَةٍ مِنْهَا حَاشِيَتُهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدَيَّ فَجِئْتُ بِهَا لِأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَجَسَّهَا فُلَانٌ رَجُلٌ سَمَّاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةَ اكْسُنِيهَا؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ طَوَاهَا وَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ وَاللهِ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ كُسِيَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرُدُّ سَائِلًا؟ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا لِأَلْبَسَهَا وَلَكِنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ «وَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ»

I heard Sahl bin Saʿd saying, "A woman brought a Burda (i.e. a square piece of cloth having edging). I asked, 'Do you know what a Burda is?' They replied in the affirmative and said, "It is a cloth sheet with woven margins." Sahl went on, "She addressed the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'I have woven it with my hands for you to wear.' The Prophet ﷺ took it as he was in need of it, and came to us wearing it as a waist sheet. One of us said, 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Give it to me to wear.' The Prophet ﷺ agreed to give it to him. The Prophet ﷺ sat with the people for a while and then returned (home), wrapped that waist sheet and sent it to him. The people said to that man, 'You haven't done well by asking him for it when you know that he never turns down anybody's request.' The man replied, 'By Allah, I have not asked him for it except to use it as my shroud when I die." Sahl added; "Later it (i.e. that sheet) was his shroud." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2093)

سَهْلٌ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ هَذِهِ الشَّمْلَةُ مَنْسُوجٌ فِي حَاشِيَتِهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي أَكْسُوكَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا وَإِنَّهَا لَإِزَارُهُ فَجَسَّهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اكْسُنِيهَا قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَجَلَسَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَطَوَاهَا ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ سَأَلْتَهَا إِيَّاهُ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرُدُّ سَائِلًا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَاللهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهَا إِلَّا لِتَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ

• “What type of woven sheet?” He said: “A Shamlah.” She said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have woven this with my own hands for you to wear.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it, since he needed it. He came out to us wearing it as a lower wrap. So-and-so the son of so-and-so.” – a man whose name he told that day – said: “O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful this sheet is! Let me wear it.” He said: “Yes.” When he went inside he folded it up and sent it to him. The people said to him: “By Allah, you have not done well. The Prophet ﷺ wore it because he needed it, then you asked for it, and you knew that he would not refuse anyone who asked him for something.” He said: “By Allah, I did not ask for it so that I could wear it, rather I asked for it so that it could be my shroud.” Sahl said: “And it became his shroud the day he died.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3555)

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِبُرْدَةٍ مَنْسُوجَةٍ مِنْهَا حَاشِيَتُهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْبُرْدَةُ؟ قَالُوا الشَّمْلَةُ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَتْ نَسَجْتُ هَذِهِ بِيَدِي فَجِئْتُ لِأَكْسُوَكَهَا فَلَبِسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا فَخَرَجَ وَإِنَّهَا لَإِزَارُهُ أَوْ رِدَاؤُهُ شَكَّ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَجَسَّهَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ لِرَجُلٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ هَذِهِ الْبُرْدَةَ أَكَسَيْتَنِيهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ طَوَاهَا فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَاللهِ مَا أَحْسَنْتَ لَبِسَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُحْتَاجًا إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ سَأَلْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرُدُّ سَائِلًا فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا سَأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا إِلَّا لِيَكُونَ كَفَنِي يَوْمَ أَمُوتُ قَالَ سَهْلٌ وَكَانَتْ كَفَنَهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ