[Machine] He sent me and Abu Mas'ud to purchase a shroud for him, made of a coarse cloth, for three hundred dirhams. He asked us, "Show me what you have bought for me." So we showed it to him, and he said, "This shroud is not for me. I only need two white sheets that are sufficient, and I do not have a shirt. And I do not leave behind anything except for a little until I attain something better than it or worse than it." So we purchased two white sheets for him.  

بَعَثَنِي وَأَبَا مَسْعُودٍ فَابْتَعْنَا لَهُ كَفَنًا حُلَّةَ عَصْبٍ بِثَلَاثِ مِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَقَالَ «أَرِيَانِي مَا ابْتَعْتُما لِي» فَأَرَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا لِي بِكَفَنٍ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِينِي رَيْطَتَانِ بَيْضَاوَانِ لَيْسَ مَعَهُمَا قَمِيصٌ وَإِنِّي لَا أَتْرُكُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى أَنَالَ خَيْرًا مِنْهُمَا أَوْ شَرًّا مِنْهُمَا» فابْتَعْنَا لَهُ رَيْطَتَيْنِ بَيْضَاوَيْنِ