It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and stood by Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) and saw that he had been mutilated. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If Safiyyah would not feel (pain), I would have left him as he was, until the beasts and (carnivorous) birds would eat him and his resurrection would be from their bellies. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a striped sheet and shrouded him in it. That sheet was so short that if the head was covered, the feet would remain uncovered, and if it was placed over the feet, the head would remain uncovered. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would shroud two or three men in one cloth, then ask which of them had memorized more of the Qur'an, and would place him foremost towards the Qiblah (in the grave). In this way, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) buried the martyrs and did not perform their funeral prayer. The narrator, Zayd bin Hubab, said: One, two, and three men were shrouded in a single cloth.

Sayyiduna Zubair bin Al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) says: On the day of Uhud, a woman was running and was about to come and see the martyrs, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked that she should see the martyrs (in that state), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Woman, woman, (prevent her from coming to the martyrs)." Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I recognized that she was my mother, Sayyida Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), so I quickly went there and before she could reach the martyrs, I reached her. But since she was a strong woman, she struck my chest and said: "Get away, may you have no place!" But when I said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has ordered you to be stopped, upon hearing this, she stopped. She had two cloths with her, she took them out and said: "These are two cloths, I have brought them for my brother Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), because I have received news of his martyrdom. Shroud him in these cloths." So we brought those two cloths to shroud Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), but suddenly we saw that beside him lay an Ansari martyr, who had also been mutilated. We felt it would be inconsiderate and unjust to shroud Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) in two cloths and not have even one cloth for the Ansari. Then we measured both cloths, and since one of them turned out to be larger, we cast lots between the two martyrs, and whichever cloth fell to whichever one, we shrouded him in it.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) shrouded Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) in a single cloth, and that cloth was striped.

Sayyiduna Khabbab bin Al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We migrated with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the pleasure of Allah Almighty, so our reward with Allah became assured (as He has promised). Then among us were some who departed to Allah without having consumed the reward of their deeds; among them was Sayyiduna Mus'ab bin Umair (may Allah be pleased with him), who was martyred on the day of Uhud. For his shroud, we could find only one sheet, and it was so short that when we covered his head, his feet became uncovered, and when we covered his feet, his head became uncovered. Eventually, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to cover his head and to place idhkhir (a type of grass) over his feet. While among us are also those whose fruits have ripened and now he is gathering them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) that for the shroud of Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him), only a striped sheet could be found, and that (too was so short) that if it was placed over his head, his feet would be uncovered, and if it was placed over his feet, his head would be uncovered. In the end, the sheet was placed over his head and grass (izkhir) was put over his feet.