The virtue of the white shroud, the number of its cloths, and the meaning of the hem
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is prescribed regarding the shroud?
The Shaykh:
The white shroud is the best, the best. One should be shrouded in white, and wearing white is the best. If one is shrouded in something other than white, there is no harm, but the best is the white shroud. Yes.
The questioner:
And what is the amount with which a man and a woman are shrouded?
The Shaykh:
If three pieces remain for the man and the woman
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is prescribed regarding the shroud?
The Shaykh:
The white shroud is the best, the best. One should be shrouded in white, and wearing white is the best. If one is shrouded in something other than white, there is no harm, but the best is the white shroud. Yes.
The questioner:
And what is the amount with which a man and a woman are shrouded?
The Shaykh:
If three pieces remain for the man and the woman
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب لبس الحرير للمريض — islamhouse.com (18:27)
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