Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1895
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّقِّيُّ الْقَطَّانُ، وَيُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا، يَقُولُ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ مَاتَ فَقُبِرَ لَيْلاً وَكُفِّنَ فِي كَفَنٍ غَيْرِ طَائِلٍ فَزَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُقْبَرَ إِنْسَانٌ لَيْلاً إِلاَّ أَنْ يُضْطَرَّ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا وَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَلْيُحَسِّنْ كَفَنَهُ " .
‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Raqqi al-Qattan and Yusuf ibn Sa‘id narrated to us—and this is Yusuf’s wording. He said: Hajjaj informed us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) delivered a sermon and mentioned a man among his Companions who had died. He had been buried at night and shrouded in an inadequate shroud. The Messenger of Allah rebuked burying anyone at night unless necessity compelled it. The Messenger of Allah also said: ‘When one of you takes charge of preparing his brother, let him make his shroud good.’
Translation notes
The source marks the wording as Yusuf ibn Sa‘id’s in the two-transmitter opening.
غير طائل describes a shroud that was inadequate or insufficient.