Hadith #528

Arabic Text

English Translation

‘Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us, Ma‘mar narrated to us, from Ayyūb; and Rawḥ narrated to us, Sa‘īd ibn Abī ‘Arūbah narrated to us, from Ayyūb, from Abī Qilābah, from Abū al-Muhallab, from Samurah, who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Keep to this white (clothing); let the best of you wear it’ — Rawḥ said: ‘let your living wear it’ — ‘and shroud your dead in it, for it is the best of your garments.’ (‘Affān narrated to us, Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, Ayyūb narrated to us, from Abī Qilābah, who said: Samurah said — and mentioned it. ‘Affān also mentioned from Wuhayyib, similarly.)