The reciter: Hārūn ibn ‘Abd Allāh and Ḥajjāj ibn al-Shā‘ir narrated to us, saying: Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, saying: Ibn Jurayj said: Abū al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh narrating,
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon one day and mentioned a man among his Companions who had passed away, was shrouded in a shroud that was not long, and was buried at night. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade burying a man at night until the funeral prayer is performed over him, unless a person is compelled to do so. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When one of you shrouds his brother, let him make his shroud good.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا، فَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قُبِضَ فَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ، وَقُبِرَ لَيْلًا، فَزَجَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُقْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، إِلَّا أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ إِنْسَانٌ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِذَا كَفَّنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ، فَلْيُحَسِّنْ كَفَنَهُ
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