Aishah said, "I entered upon Abu Bakr and he asked, 'In how many garments did you shroud the Prophet ﷺ?'"She replied, "In three white Sahuli garments, with neither a shirt nor a turban among them."He then asked her, "On which day did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ die?"She said, "On Monday."He asked, "And what day is today?"She said, "Monday."He said, "I hope to die before tonight." Then he looked at a garment he had been wearing during his illness, which had a stain of saffron on it, and said, "Wash this garment of mine, add two more garments to it, and shroud me in them."I said, "But this one is worn out."He replied, "The living have more right to what is new than the dead. It is only for the bodily fluids."He did not die until Monday night had turned into Tuesday, and he was buried before morning came.
دخلت على أبي بكر فقال: في كم كفنتم النبي ﷺ؟ قالت: في ثلاثة أثواب بيض سحولية ليس فيها قميص ولا عمامة، وقال لها: في أي يوم توفي رسول الله ﷺ؟ قالت: يوم الاثنين، قال: فأي يوم هذا؟ قالت: يوم الاثنين، قال: أرجو فيما بيني وبين الليلة، فنظر إلى ثوب عليه كان يمرض فيه، به ردع من زعفران فقال: اغسلوا ثوبي هذا، وزيدوا عليه ثوبين فكفنوني فيهما، قلت: إن هذا خلق، قال: إن الحي أحق بالجديد من الميت، إنما هو للمهلة، فلم يتوف حتى أمسى من ليلة الثلثاء، ودفن، قبل أن يصبح.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Funerals (1387) from Mualla bin Assad, who said, Wahib narrated to us, from Hisham, from his father, from Ayesha, and he mentioned it. Malik narrated it in the Book of Funerals (6) from Yahya bin Saeed as a balagh, that Abu Bakr said to Ayesha, and he mentioned something similar in brief.Regarding his saying, "lil-muhla," Iyad said it has been transmitted with the mim vowelled as damma, fatha, and kasra. Ibn Habib said, with kasra it means sadid (bodily discharge), with fatha it means tamahhul (taking one's time), and with damma it means the sediment of oil. What is meant here is sadid.Ibn Hibban narrated it in his Sahih (3036) through another route, from Mujahid bin Wardan, from Urwa, from Ayesha, who said, "I was with Abu Bakr when death came upon him, and I recited this line of poetry,'He whose tears are ever held back is soon to have them come pouring forth.'He said, "O my daughter, do not say that, but say, "And the intoxication of death has come in truth. That is what you were trying to avoid." [Qaf 50:19] Then he said, "In how many garments was the Prophet ﷺ shrouded?" I said, "In three garments." He said, "Shroud me in these two garments of mine, and buy a new garment to add to them, for the living have more need of what is new than the dead. These are only for everyday wear, or for the muhla."Imam Ahmad also narrated it (24122) with some differences in wording.