My father Zubayr informed me that on the day of Uhud, a woman came hurrying along until she was about to come within sight of the slain. The Prophet ﷺ disliked that she should see them, so he said, "The woman, the woman!"Zubayr said, "I sensed that she was my mother Safiyya, so I rushed out toward her and caught up with her before she could reach the slain. She struck me on the chest, for she was a strong woman, and said, 'Out of my way, I have no concern for you.'I said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ adjures you.'She then stopped and took out two garments she had with her and said, 'These are two garments I have brought for my brother Hamza, for news of his killing has reached me. Shroud him in them.'"He said, "So we came with the two garments to shroud Hamza in them, but beside him lay a man from the Ansar who had been slain, treated as Hamza had been treated. We felt it would be improper and shameful to shroud Hamza in two garments while the Ansari had no shroud at all. So we said, 'One garment for Hamza and one for the Ansari.' We measured the two and found one larger than the other, so we drew lots between them, and each was shrouded in the garment that fell to him."
أخبرني أبي الزبير أنه لما كان يوم أحد أقبلت امرأة تسعى، حتى إذا كادت أن تشرف على القتلى، قال: فكرة النبي ﷺ أن تراهم فقال: المرأة المرأة. قال الزبير: فتوسمت أنها أمي صفية قال: فخرجت أسعى إليها، فأدركتها قبل أن تنتهي إلى القتلى، قال: فلدمت في صدري، وكانت امرأة جلدة، قالت: إليك، لا أرض لك. قال: فقلت: إن رسول الله ﷺ و عزم عليك. قال: فوقفت وأخرجت ثوبين معها، فقالت هذان ثوبان جئت بهما لأخي حمزة، فقد بلغني مقتله، فكفنوه فيهما، قال: فجئنا بالثوبين لنكفن فيهما حمزة، فإذا إلى جنبه رجل من الأنصار قتيل، قد فعل به كما فعل بحمزة، قال: فوجدنا غضاضة وحياء أن نكفن حمزة في ثوبين، والأنصاري لا كفن له، فقلنا: لحمزة ثوب، وللأنصاري ثوب، فقدرنا هما فكان أحدهما أكبر من الآخر، فأقرعنا بينهما، فكفنا كل واحد منهما في الثوب الذي طار له.
Imam Ahmad (1418), Bazzar (980), and Abu Yaala (686) all reported it through the route of Sulayman bin Dawud Hashimi, who said, Abdul-Rahman, meaning Ibn Abu Zinad, informed us, from Hisham, from Urwa, from his father Zubayr, and he narrated it.Its chain is hasan because of Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Zinad, for his hadith is hasan.Bayhaqi (3/401–402) also reported it through another route from Hisham bin Urwa with his chain. Nawawi said in al-Khulasa (3392), "Its chain is sahih."His statement, "I struck," means he hit and pushed against my chest.