Volume 2, Book 23, Number 361:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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The Prophet was shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made of Suhul (a type of cotton),
and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 346:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
Allah’s Apostle, concerning his (dead) daughter’s bath, said, “Start with the right side, and the parts
which are washed in ablution.”
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Volume 2, Book 23, Number 362:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle was shrouded in three pieces of cloth and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 347:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
When we washed the deceased daughter of the Prophet, he said to us, while we were washing her,
“Start the bath from the right side and from the parts which are washed in ablution.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 348:
Narrated Um ‘Atiyya:
The daughter of the Prophet expired, and he said to us, “Wash her three or five times, or more if
you see it necessary, and when you finish, notify me.” So, (when we finished) we informed him and
he unfastened his waist-sheet and told us to shroud her in it.
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 333:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Abu Bakr came riding his horse from his dwelling place in As-Sunh. He got down from it, entered
the Mosque and did not speak with anybody till he came to me and went direct to the Prophet, who
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was covered with a marked blanket. Abu Bakr uncovered his face. He knelt down and kissed him
and then started weeping and said, “My father and my mother be sacrificed for you, O Allah’s Proph –
et! Allah will not combine two deaths on you. You have died the death which was written for you.”
Narrated Abu Salama from Ibn Abbas: Abu Bakr came out and ‘Umar , was addressing the people,
and Abu Bakr told him to sit down but ‘Umar refused. Abu Bakr again told him to sit down but ‘Umar
again refused. Then Abu Bakr recited the Tashah-hud (i.e. none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle) and the people attended to Abu Bakr and left ‘Umar. Abu
Bakr said, “Amma ba’du, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead,
but whoever worshipped Allah, Allah is alive and will never die. Allah said: ‘Muhammad is no more
than an Apostle and indeed (many) Apostles have passed away before him ..(up to the) grateful.’ ”
(3.144) (The narrator added, “By Allah, it was as if the people never knew that Allah had revealed
this verse before till Abu Bakr recited it and then whoever heard it, started reciting it “)
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 334:
Narrated Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit:
Um Al-‘Ala’, an Ansari woman who gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet said to me, “The
emigrants were distributed amongst us by drawing lots and we got in our share ‘Uthman bin
Maz’un. We made him stay with us in our house. Then he suffered from a disease which proved fatal
when he died and was given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes, Allah’s Apostle came I said,
‘May Allah be merciful to you, O Abu As-Sa’ib! I testify that Allah has honored you’. The Prophet said,
‘How do you know that Allah has honored him?’ I replied, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Let my father be sacri –
ficed for you! On whom else shall Allah bestow His honor?’ The Prophet said, ‘No doubt, death came
to him. By Allah, I too wish him good, but by Allah, I do not know what Allah will do with me though
I am Allah’s Apostle. ‘ By Allah, I never attested the piety of anyone after that.”
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 335:
Narrated Al-Laith as above.