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The burial of the Prophet

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After the pledge to Abu Bakr, Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him), al-Abbas and his sons al-Fadl and Qutham, Usama and Shuqran the Prophet ﷺ's freedman washed the Prophet; he was washed with his shirt on and shrouded in three white cloths. The people entered in relays to pray over him with no imam, and he was buried on Wednesday night beneath the bed on which he died.

Ibn Ishaq records that the people turned to preparing the Prophet ﷺ on Tuesday after the pledge to Abu Bakr: Ali, al-Abbas, al-Fadl, Qutham, Usama and Shuqran washed him — washed with his shirt on, water poured over it and the body rubbed beneath — and shrouded him in three white cloths and a striped Yemeni wrap. They differed over the burial place until Abu Bakr said he heard the Prophet say no prophet is taken but he is buried where he is taken; the bed was lifted and the grave dug beneath — Abu Talha dug the lahd as the Medinans do. The people entered in relays — men, then women, then boys — praying over him with no imam; he was buried in the middle of Wednesday night, and A'isha says they did not know until they heard the picks in the night.

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