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Sheet for the Prophet
Narrated Abu Hazim: I heard Sahl bin Saad saying, "A woman
brought a Burda (i.e. a square piece of cloth having edging).
I asked, 'Do you know what a Burda is?' They replied in the
affirmative and said, "It is a cloth sheet with woven margins."
Sahl went on, "She addressed the Prophet and said, 'I have
woven it with my hands for you to wear.' The Prophet took
it as he was in need of it, and came to us wearing it as a
waist sheet. One of us said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Give it to
me to wear.' The Prophet agreed to give it to him. The Prophet
sat with the people for a while and then returned (home),
wrapped that waist sheet and sent it to him. The people said
to that man, 'You haven't done well by asking him for it when
you know that he never turns down anybody's request.' The
man replied, 'By Allah, I have not asked him for it except
to use it as my shroud when I die." Sahl added; "Later it
(i.e. that sheet) was his shroud."
Source: http://www.freewebs.com/welcometomadinah/stories.htm
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