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Musnad Ahmad 1418 (Book 7, Hadith 14) #35040
Sharing Cloth for Shrouding

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a woman who wanted to give two pieces of cloth to her brother, Hamzah, who was killed in the battle of Uhud. However, when she arrived at the scene, she found another Ansari man who had been killed and did not have a shroud. So they decided to divide the two pieces of cloth between them and draw lots for it.

It was narrated that 'Urwah said: My father az-Zubair (رضي الله عنه) told me that on the day of Uhud, a woman came running, and when she was about to reach where the slain were, the Prophet ﷺ did not want her to see them, and he said, 'The woman, the woman!' az-Zubair (رضي الله عنه) said: "I thought that she was my mother Safiyyah, so I went running towards her and caught up with her before she reached the slain. She shoved me in the chest, and she was a tough woman". She said: "Stay away from me, may you have no land!" I said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is urging you (not to go and see them)". She stopped and took out two pieces of cloth that she had with her and said: "These are two pieces of cloth that I have brought for my brother Hamzah. I have heard that he has been killed; shroud him with them". We brought the two pieces of cloth to shroud Hamzah with them, but we saw beside him one of the Ansar who had been killed, and the same had been done to him as to Hamzah. We did not feel it was appropriate to shroud Hamzah in two pieces of cloth and to leave the Ansari with no shroud, so we said: "One piece for Hamzah and one piece for the Ansari". We measured (the pieces of cloth) and found that one of them was larger, so we drew lots between them and shrouded each of them in the piece of cloth that was selected for him.
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي الزُّبَيْرُ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أَقْبَلَتْ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْعَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَادَتْ أَنْ تُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْقَتْلَى قَالَ فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ تَرَاهُمْ فَقَالَ الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَرْأَةَ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَتَوَسَّمْتُ أَنَّهَا أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ أَسْعَى إِلَيْهَا فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى قَالَ فَلَدَمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي وَكَانَتْ امْرَأَةً جَلْدَةً قَالَتْ إِلَيْكَ لَا أَرْضَ لَكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَزَمَ عَلَيْكِ قَالَ فَوَقَفَتْ وَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَوْبَيْنِ مَعَهَا فَقَالَتْ هَذَانِ ثَوْبَانِ جِئْتُ بِهِمَا لِأَخِي حَمْزَةَ فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَقْتَلُهُ فَكَفِّنُوهُ فِيهِمَا قَالَ فَجِئْنَا بِالثَّوْبَيْنِ لِنُكَفِّنَ فِيهِمَا حَمْزَةَ فَإِذَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ قَتِيلٌ قَدْ فُعِلَ بِهِ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِحَمْزَةَ قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَا غَضَاضَةً وَحَيَاءً أَنْ نُكَفِّنَ حَمْزَةَ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَا كَفَنَ لَهُ فَقُلْنَا لِحَمْزَةَ ثَوْبٌ وَلِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثَوْبٌ فَقَدَرْنَاهُمَا فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرَ مِنْ الْآخَرِ فَأَقْرَعْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَكَفَّنَّا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي صَارَ لَهُ‏.‏
TOPICS
battle  *  cloth  *  shrouding  *  lottery  *  almaraka  *  uhudu  *  libasan  *  qismat  *  uhud

QUICK LESSONS:
Share your resources with others even if you don't know them personally; Be generous with your resources even if you don't have much; Treat everyone equally regardless of their background or identity; Follow Prophet Muhammad's teachings on generosity and kindness; Respect other people's belongings; Draw lots fairly when dividing resources among multiple people .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about an incident that happened during the battle of Uhud in which a woman came running towards where her brother Hamzah was slain. The Prophet Muhammad urged her not to go and see them but she continued anyway and brought two pieces of cloth with her as a shroud for him. When they reached there, they found another Ansari man who also did not have any shroud so they decided to divide the two pieces between them and draw lots for it so both could be shrouded equally. This teaches us an important lesson about sharing resources with others even if we don't know them personally because everyone deserves equal treatment regardless of their background or identity. It also shows us how important it is to be generous with our resources even if we don't have much because every little bit helps someone else in need.

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