Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1896
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ " .
‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa‘id informed us, saying: I heard Sa‘id ibn Abi ‘Arubah narrating from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu al-Muhallab, from Samurah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: ‘Wear white garments, for they are purer and better, and shroud your dead in them.’
Translation notes
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْبَسُوا مِنْ ثِيَابِكُمُ الْبَيَاضَ فَإِنَّهَا أَطْهَرُ وَأَطْيَبُ وَكَفِّنُوا فِيهَا مَوْتَاكُمْ " .
The English witness does not correspond to this Arabic report; it repeats the preceding Jabir report instead of the instruction to wear white and shroud the dead in it.
Can the English witness be matched to the correct source passage?