Hadith 166

dying between two Muslims persons, or three (sons), so they are patient and be in anticipation, so they would see the Fire, ever! ’ And three sons of ours have died. And I-ra heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying as well to a number (of people), I-ra was among them: ‘One of you would be dying in a wilderness from the earth. A party of Momineen would be attending him’, and there is no one from those number, anyone except and he had already died in a town and a community. Thus, I-ra have not doubt I-ra am that man. By Allah-azwj! Neither am I-ra lying nor have I-ra been lied to. So, look out on the road! ’
Umm Zarr said, ‘How, and the pilgrims have gone and cut across the road? ’ He-ra said: ‘Go and watch out! ’
She said, ‘I went to a dune and ascended. I looked around, then returned to him-ra, and he-ra had become sicker. While I and him-ra were upon this state when I was with riders upon their rides as if they were birds, their rides were flying with them. They hastened towards me until they paused by me and said, ‘O maid of Allah-azwj! What is the matter with you? ’
I said, ‘A man from the Muslims is dying. Can you enshroud him? ’ They said, ‘And who is he? ’ I said, ‘Abu Zarr-ra’. They said, ‘Companion of Rasool-Allah-saww? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. They (swore) ransoming by their fathers and their mothers and hastened to him-ra until they entered to see him-ra. He-ra said, ‘Receive glad tidings, for I heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying to a number (of people), I-ra was among them: ‘A man from you would be dying in a wilderness from the earth. A party from the Momineen will be attending him-ra, and there isn’t anyone from that number except and he has already died in a town and a community. By Allah-azwj! Neither am I-ra lying to you nor have I-ra been lied to, and if only there was a piece of cloth in my-ra possession to suffice me as a shroud, or for my-ra wife, I-ra would not enshroud except is my-ra cloth or hers. And I-ra adjure you all with Allah-azwj! No man from you should enshroud me-ra who was a commander, or an officer, or a messenger, or a captain’. She said, ‘And there wasn’t anyone from the group except and he acknowledge part of what he-ra had said, except a youth from the Helpers. He said to him-ra, ‘Shall I enshroud you-ra, O uncle, in this robe of mine, and in two clothes which are with me in my suitcase from the weaving of my mother? ’
Abu Zarr-ra said, ‘You will enshroud me-ra. He-ra died, so the Helper enshrouded him-ra, and washed him-ra among the number, those who were present, and they stood to him-ra and buried him-ra among a number, all of them Yemenis’’. [48]