Sahih al-Bukhari 2093

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Yahya ibn Bukayr narrated to us: Yaqub ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Abu Hazim, who said: I heard Sahl ibn Sad, may Allah be pleased with him, say: “A woman brought a burda.” He said, “Do you know what a burda is?” It was said to him, “Yes; it is a wrap, woven with a border.” He said: She said, “O Messenger of Allah, I wove this with my own hands so that you might wear it.” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, took it, for he needed it. He came out to us wearing it as a waist wrap. A man from among the people said, “O Messenger of Allah, clothe me with it.” He said, “Yes.” The Prophet sat with the people, then went back, folded it, and sent it to the man. The people said to him, “You did not do well. You asked him for it even though you knew he never turns away anyone who asks.” The man said, “By Allah, I asked him for it only so that it might be my shroud on the day I die.” Sahl said: It became his shroud.