Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) 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 Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) 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 Allaah). (And this is permissible only) when it becomes a dire necessity for a man. The Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) also said: When any one of you shrouds his brother, he should shroud him well.
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