حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْمَعْنَی قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمْرٍو وَأَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ وَکَفِّنُوهُ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ ثَوْبَيْهِ وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو ثَوْبَيْنِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو فِي ثَوْبَيْهِ زَادَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَحْدَهُ وَلَا تُحَنِّطُوهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3239
A similar tradition has also been narrated by Ibn Abbas through a different chain of narrators. This version has: "Shroud him in two garments. " Abu Dawud said: The narrator Sulaiman said the Ayyub said: "his two garments, " Amr said: "tow garments, " Ibn Ubaid said that Ayyub said: "in two garments" and Amr said: "in his two garments. " Sulaiman alone added: "do not put any perfume on him. "
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020