Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever washes a deceased person and conceals (his faults), Allah Almighty will forgive him forty times; whoever shrouds a deceased person, Allah Almighty will clothe him in garments of the fine and thick silk of Paradise; and whoever digs a grave for a deceased person and buries him in it, a reward will be kept flowing for him until the Day of Resurrection, as though he had given him a house to live in." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of your garments is white, so wear it in your lifetime and shroud your dead in it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but they did not record it, while there is an authentic supporting narration (shahid) for it from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him):