Sunan Abi Dawud · Funerals (Kitab Al-Janaiz)
باب كَرَاهِيَةِ الْمُغَالاَةِ فِي الْكَفَنِ
Chapter: It Is Disliked To Be Extravagant In Shrouding.
3 hadith · references 3154–3156
Sequential reading
Hadith in this chapter
Abu Dawud · 3154لَا تَغَالَوْا فِي الْكَفَنِ ، فَإِنَّهُ يُسْلَبُهُ سَلْبًا سَرِيعًاNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for it will be quickly decayed.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3155غَطُّوا بِهَا رَأْسَهُ ، وَاجْعَلُوا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْإِذْخِرِNarrated Khabbab: Musab bin Umari was killed on the day of Uhud. He had only a striped cloak. When we covered his head with it, his feet appeared, and when we covered his feet, his head appeared. Thereupon the Messenger 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3156خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ ، وَخَيْرُ الْأُضْحِيَّةِ الْكَبْشُ الْأَقْرَنُNarrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: The Prophet ﷺ said: The best shroud is a lower garment and one which covers the whole body, and the best sacrifice is a horned ram.7 narrators