Reports on the shroud

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The shroud is to be provided from the whole of (the deceased's) wealth."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Harun al-Farwi, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in seven cloths.
Ahmad recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good); al-Bazzar also recorded it.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in two sheets and a Najrani cloak.
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three white cloths; one was a waist-wrapper (izar) and one was a wrapping sheet. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was shrouded in two cloths.
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Nasih al-Muhallimi, and he is da'if (weak).

It is reported about Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When I die, do not dress me in a shirt, for I saw that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not dressed in a shirt, nor was a turban tied on him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Khalid bin Yazid al-Umari, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three garments, one of which was a shirt.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three garments.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Qasim al-Asadi, and he is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three garments: one was a San'ani cloak, and two were hibarah (striped Yemeni) cloaks.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Qa'ib bin al-Muhriz; I did not find anyone who has mentioned him.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When I die, put camphor in the water of my ritual bath (ghusl), and shroud me in two cloaks and a shirt, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did that."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Sadaqah bin Musa, and there is criticism about him.

Abu Ishaq narrates: I asked the family of Muhammad, among whom was Ibn Nawfal, in what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had been shrouded. He replied: "In a red hullah (a two-piece garment) which did not include a shirt, and a piece of a velvet sheet that belonged to them was placed in his grave."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Tabarani recorded from him, in another narration, these words: He says: I came to a gathering of Banu Abd al-Muttalib and asked their elders: In how many garments was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded? Then the narrator mentioned the hadith as before.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed, there was a striped woollen sheet (namirah) on his body. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was the one who placed him in his grave. When he covered his head, his feet would be exposed, and when he covered his feet, his head would be exposed. He asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to cover his head and to take some leaves of the 'alajan plant and place them over his feet.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir as the narration of Ayyub from al-Hakam bin Utaybah. I do not know who this person named Ayyub is. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: On the day of the Battle of Uhud, Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, and a man from the Ansar was also martyred along with him. Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) had brought two garments so that Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) could be shrouded in them. The Ansari man had no shroud, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cast lots between the two garments, and then each of the two men was shrouded in one garment.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Uthman al-Jazari al-Shahid; I did not find anyone who has given his biography. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by (the body of) Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him); his nose had been cut off and his body had been mutilated. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not that Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) would be distressed, I would have left him as he is, until Allah Almighty raised him on the Day of Gathering from the bellies of the wild beasts and the birds." He was shrouded in a single sheet; when his head was covered his feet would be exposed, and when his feet were covered his head would be exposed, so the people covered his head.
Abu Ya'la recorded it. Abu Dawud recorded part of it, without mention of the shroud. Its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Cover the faces of your dead, and do not imitate the Jews."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

A man from the tribe of Qays reports from his father: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us. We had a young she-camel that was difficult and which we could not control. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went near her and passed his hand over her udder, and it filled with milk, and he milked her. The narrator says: When my father died, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came; I had bound him in his shroud, and I had taken a palm thorn (sulla'ah) and fastened the shroud with it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not torment your father with the thorn (sulla)!" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spat on his chest, until I saw the fine moisture (rudab) of his saliva on his chest.
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator who is not named, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

The daughter of Uhban narrates: Her father had instructed his family that, when shrouding him, they should not dress him in a shirt. She says: We dressed him (in the shroud) in a shirt, and the next morning the shirt was hanging on the clothes-peg.
Ahmad recorded it in this way.

Al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. The narrator says: Udaysah bint Uhban narrates: When the time of my father's death approached, he said: "Do not shroud me in a stitched garment." She says: When he had passed away and been washed, the people sent word to me: "Send the shroud." I sent the shroud to them. The people said: "Where is the shirt?" I said: "My father forbade me to shroud him in a stitched shirt." She says: I sent word to the launderer; my father had a shirt with the launderer. It was brought and he was dressed in it, and then they carried him away. I closed my door and followed behind them. When I returned, the shirt was in the house. I sent word to those who had washed my father and asked: "Did you shroud him in a shirt?" They replied: "Yes." I asked: "Is it this one?" They replied: "Yes."
Its chain contains a narrator, Abu Amr al-Qasmali; al-Husayni says: He is not known.

Al-Zuhri narrates: When the time of death approached Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), he called for an old woollen cloak and said: "Shroud me in it, for I faced the polytheists wearing it on the day of the Battle of Badr, and I have kept it safe for this very moment."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy), except that al-Zuhri did not meet Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him).

Silah bin Zufar narrates: Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) was shrouded in two garments. He sent me and Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and we bought a shroud for him; we bought a hullah of striped Yemeni cloth ('asb) for three hundred dirhams. He asked: "Show me what the two of you have bought for me." We showed it to him, and he said: "This is not suitable as a shroud for me. Two white sheets, without any shirt, are sufficient for me. After only a short while I will receive either something better than these two (i.e. the plain sheets) or something worse than them." The narrator says: So we bought two white sheets for him.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. In another narration these words are additional: We asked Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "What did Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) say at the time of death?" He replied: "He said: 'I seek refuge with Allah from a crying out that leads to the Fire. Buy two garments for me.'" Then the narrator mentioned the hadith as before. Its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Ali bin Abi Talhah narrates: Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) was shrouded in a mu'asfar (dyed yellow with safflower) shift.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. Its chain contains a narrator, Isma'il bin Ayyash, and there is criticism about him.