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tabarani:12488bMuḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym al-Makkī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās
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الطبراني:١٢٤٨٨bحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ الْمَكِّيُّ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا خَيْرُ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:5323Qutaybah > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Samurah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'You should wear white garments; dress your living ones in them, and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your garments.'"  

النسائي:٥٣٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْبَيَاضِ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ فَلْيَلْبَسْهَا أَحْيَاؤُكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ  

nasai:1896ʿAmr 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:١٨٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

abudawud:3878Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout.  

أبو داود:٣٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الإِثْمِدُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ  

abudawud:4061Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Zuhayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid) for it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout.  

أبو داود:٤٠٦١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا خَيْرُ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الإِثْمِدُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ  

tirmidhi:994Qutaybah > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah said: "Wear the white among your garments, for indeed they are among the best of your garments, and shroud your dead in them."  

الترمذي:٩٩٤حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَائِشَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ يُكَفَّنَ فِي ثِيَابِهِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهَا وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ أَحَبُّ الثِّيَابِ إِلَيْنَا أَنْ يُكَفَّنَ فِيهَا الْبَيَاضُ وَيُسْتَحَبُّ حُسْنُ الْكَفَنِ
ibnmajah:1472Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ al-Makkī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The best of your garments are those which are white, so shroud your dead in them, and wear them.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضُ فَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَالْبَسُوهَا  

ibnmajah:3566Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ al-Makkī > Ibn Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The best of your garments are the white ones, so wear them and shroud your dead in them.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٥٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضُ فَالْبَسُوهَا وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ  

ahmad:2219ʿAlī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3878)  

أحمد:٢٢١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمِ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَإِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الْإِثْمِدَ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعَرَ  

ahmad:3035ʿAffān > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3878)  

أحمد:٣٠٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمِ الْبِيضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَإِنَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الْإِثْمِدَ إِنَّهُ يَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ وَيُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ  

ahmad:3426Abū Kāmil > Zuhayr > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym And ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh al-Maʿná > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3878)  

أحمد:٣٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ وَعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَعْنَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَيْرِ ثِيَابِكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ أَكْحَالِكُمُ الْإِثْمِدُ إِنَّهُ يُنْبِتُ الشَّعْرَ وَيَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ  

ahmad:20105ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Samurah

“The best of your garments are those which are white, so shroud your dead in them, and wear them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1472)   

أحمد:٢٠١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبِيضَ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ  

ahmad:20154Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Samurah b. Jundub

"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)   

أحمد:٢٠١٥٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْبَسُوا الثِّيَابَ الْبِيضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَامَوْتَاكُمْ  

tabarani:6976ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah from his uncle Abū al-Muhallab > Samurah b. Jundub

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'You should wear white garments; dress your living ones in them, and shroud your dead in them, for they are among the best of your garments.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5323)   

الطبراني:٦٩٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْبَيَاضِ لِيَلْبَسْهُ أَحْيَاؤُكُمْ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ خِيَارِ ثِيَابِكُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:2034ʿAmr 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:٢٠٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

suyuti:4138a

The Prophet ﷺ said: Wear your white garments, for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead in them. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony (ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3878)   

السيوطي:٤١٣٨a

"البَسُوا من ثِيَابِكم البَيَاضَ؛ فإِنَّها من خيرِ ثيابكم، وكَفِّنُوا فيها موتاكم، وإنَّ من خير أكْحَالِكُمْ الإِثْمدَ، فإِنَّهُ يجلو البصرَ، ويُنْبِتُ الشَّعَرَ" .  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [حب] ابن حبّان وابن سعد، [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن عباس
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السيوطي:١٥٦٧٠a

"عَلَيكُمْ بالبياضِ من الثِّياب فَلْيَلْبَسها أَحْيَاؤُكم، وكَفِّنوا فيها مَوتاكم، فإِنها مِنْ خيرِ ثيابكُم".  

[حم] أحمد [ن] النسائي وابن سعد والرويانى، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن سمرة