Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1473
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ حَاتِمِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " خَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yunus ibn Abd al-A‘la narrated to us; Ibn Wahb narrated to us; Hisham ibn Sa‘d informed us, from Hatim ibn Abi Nasr, from Ubadah ibn Nusayy, from his father, from Ubadah ibn al-Samit: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The best shroud is a hullah.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Hullah is retained as the garment name in the source; it denotes a two-piece wrap or garment, with the exact textile details unspecified here.