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Mishkat al-Masabih 1641

Washing and Shrouding the Dead - Section 2

وَعَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ وَخَيْرُ الْأُضْحِيَةِ الْكَبْشُ الْأَقْرَنُ». رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَرَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ

Translation

‘Ubada b. as-Samit reported God's messenger as saying, “The best shroud is a lower garment and one which covers the whole body, (The Arabic has al-kulla, which means the two garments known as the izar (lower garment) and rida' (a cloak which covers the whole body)) and the best sacrifice is a horned ram." Abu Dawud transmitted it; and Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it from Abu Umama.

Grades by grader

Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-HamidDaifgraded on abudawud:3156fawazahmed0
Shuayb al-ArnautDaifgraded on abudawud:3156fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasangraded on abudawud:3156fawazahmed0
al-AlbaniWeakgraded on abudawud:3156fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Sunan Abu Dawud 3156خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ وَخَيْرُ الأُضْحِيَةِ الْكَبْشُ الأَقْرَنُ