The Book of Funerals
كتاب الجنائز
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Sitting Before The Body Is Placed In The Grave
Hadith
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ENGLISH
It was narrated from Samurah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Wear white clothes for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them."'
ARABIC
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كُفِّنَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ سُحُولِيَّةٍ بِيضٍ .