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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِيمَا يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنَ الْكَفَنِChapter: What was narrated concerning what is recommended in shrouding
Hadith 1474
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ ، فَلْيُحْسِنْ كَفَنَهُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Qatadah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “If anyone of you is charged with taking care of his brother (after death), let him shroud him well.”
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Brief Explanation
1؎: By "good shroud" is meant the cleanliness and whiteness of the cloth, not its being expensive, because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade the use of expensive shrouds.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
By "good shroud" is meant that it should be clean and pure.
It should be thick enough to conceal the body, large enough to cover the entire body, and of a moderate quality.
What is not meant is that it should be extremely fine or expensive.
By "good shroud" is meant that it should be clean and pure.
It should be thick enough to conceal the body, large enough to cover the entire body, and of a moderate quality.
What is not meant is that it should be extremely fine or expensive.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1474
