Reports on making the shroud good: those who liked it and those who permitted not doing so

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) as a marfu' report (from the Prophet): "When one of you dies, give him a good (well-adorned) shroud; and if you do not find that, then shroud him in a Yemeni cloak."

Khaytham bin Amr said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) left instructions in his will that he be shrouded in a fine suit (hullah) costing two hundred dirhams.

Ibn Sirin used to like the shroud to be good and fine. And it is said: They indeed visit one another in their shrouds.

It is narrated from Umayr bin al-Aswad al-Sakuni that Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) gave instructions to his wife and set out. His wife died, and she was shrouded in worn-out clothes. He arrived just as we had lifted our hands from her grave (having finished burying her), and asked: "In what did you shroud her?" We said: "In worn-out clothes." So he exhumed her and shrouded her in new clothes, and said: "Shroud your dead well and finely, for they will be raised and gathered in them."

Ibn al-Hanafiyyah said: The deceased gains nothing from a (fine) shroud; it is only an honour for the living.