Sahih Muslim Hadith 2185 – Shrouding The

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[2185] 49 – (943) Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh narrated that the Prophet delivered a Kljutbah one day, and he mentioned a man among his Companions who died and was shrouded in a shroud that was not good enough, and was buried at night. The Prophet censured the practice of burying a man at night, so that the funeral prayer might be offered for him, unless one was compelled to do that. And the Prophet iij said: "When one of you shrouds his brother, let him shroud him well." Chapter 16. Hastening With The Funeral (i (itJt.