حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَسْرِعُوا بِالْجَنَازَةِ فَإِنْ تَکُ صَالِحَةً فَخَيْرٌ لَعَلَّهُ قَالَ تُقَدِّمُونَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ تَکُنْ غَيْرَ ذَلِکَ فَشَرٌّ تَضَعُونَهُ عَنْ رِقَابِکُمْ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 2186
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) one day in the course of his sermon made mention of a person among his Companions who had died and had been wrapped in a shroud not long (enough to cover his whole body) and was buried during the night. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reprimanded (the audience) that a person was buried during the night (in a state that) funeral prayer could not be offered (over him by the Messenger of Allah). (And this is permissible only) when it becomes a dire necessity for a man. The Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also said: When any one of you shrouds his brother, he should shroud him well.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020