Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the pledge from us, he also took this covenant from us that we would not wail (over the dead). But except for five women, no one fulfilled this promise. These women were Umm Sulaym, Umm ‘Ala’, the daughter of Abu Sabrah who was in the house of Mu‘adh, and besides them two women, or (she said) the daughter of Abu Sabrah, the wife of Mu‘adh, and another woman. (may Allah be pleased with her)

Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that when we pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he recited before us this verse:“That you will not associate anything with Allah”(Al-Mumtahanah: 12), and he forbade us from wailing (that is, loudly crying and lamenting over the dead). Upon this prohibition of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), one woman (Umm ‘Atiyyah herself) withdrew her hand and said,“Such-and-such woman helped me in wailing; I wish to repay her.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not reply to her, so she went away and then returned and pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) again.

Sayyidah Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that we (women) were forbidden from accompanying funeral processions, but it was not a strict prohibition.

Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah Ansariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that when the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (Zainab or Umm Kulthum, may Allah be pleased with them) passed away, he came there and said:“Give her a bath three or five times, and if you deem it appropriate, even more than that. Mix lote tree leaves in the water, and at the end, use camphor or (he said) some camphor. And when you finish bathing her, inform me.”So when we had bathed her, we informed him. He gave us his waist-wrapper (izar) and said:“Make it her shirt.”By this, he meant his own waist-wrapper.

Lady Umm ‘Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that we were washing the daughter of the Messenger of Allah when he came and said:“Wash her three or five times, or more than that if you see fit, with water and lotus leaves, and use camphor at the end. When you have finished, inform me.”When we finished, we informed him. He gave us his waist-wrapper and said:“Wrap it on her body from the inside.”Ayyub (the narrator) said that Hafsah also narrated to me the hadith of Muhammad ibn Sirin in a similar manner. In the narration of Lady Hafsah, it was mentioned to wash an odd number of times, and it was detailed as three, five, or seven times (to wash), and it was also mentioned to begin washing from the right side and the limbs of ablution. It was also in this hadith that Umm ‘Atiyyah said:“We combed her hair and divided it into three braids.”

Sayyida Umm Atiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that we were giving a bath to the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). When we started the bath, he said, "Begin the bath from the right side and from the parts of the body that are washed in ablution."

Sayyiduna Khabbab bin Al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that we migrated with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) solely for the sake of Allah, and thus we were entitled to reward from Allah. Some of our companions passed away and did not see any fruit of their deeds (in this world). Mus'ab bin Umair (may Allah be pleased with him) was among those people. And some of our companions' fruits ripened and they are picking and eating them (i.e., enjoying the rewards in this world). (Sayyiduna Mus'ab bin Umair, may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred in the battle of Uhud. We found nothing for his shroud except a single sheet, and that too was such that if we covered his head with it, his feet would be exposed, and if we covered his feet, his head would be exposed. Upon seeing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) instructed that we should cover his head and place green grass (called idhkhir) over his feet.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was shrouded in three white, washed, cotton Yemeni garments. There was neither a shirt among them nor a turban.

The purified wife of the Noble Prophet, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, a green Yemeni sheet was placed over his blessed body.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hasten with the funeral procession, for if the deceased was righteous, you are taking him towards goodness, and if otherwise, then it is an evil which you are removing from your necks."