Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked her: Daughter! On which day did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pass away? I said: On Monday. He asked: In how many garments was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded? I said: Father! We shrouded him (peace and blessings be upon him) in three white new Yemeni Sahuli garments; there was neither a shirt nor a turban among them, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was wrapped in those sheets.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was shrouded in three garments: one was a shirt in which he, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away, and there was a Najrani suit (set), and a suit consists of two garments.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was shrouded in two white sheets and one red sheet.

It is narrated from the daughter of Ahban that when her father was afflicted with the illness of death, he advised his family that they should shroud him but not dress him in a shirt. She says: However, we dressed him in a shirt, but when morning came, (we saw that) the shirt was hanging on a peg.

Sayyida Layla bint Qanif Thaqafiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I was among those women who gave the ritual bath (ghusl) to Sayyida Umm Kulthum bint Rasul (may Allah be pleased with her) at the time of her death. For her shroud, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) first gave us his waist-wrapper sheet, then in order, a shirt, a scarf, and a large sheet. Then she was wrapped in another cloth. Sayyida Layla (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was sitting by the door; he had her shroud with him and was handing us the garments one by one.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in seven garments.