It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said something similar (with the same meaning as the hadith above).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, when the time of death draws near for the believer, the angels of mercy come to him." Then the narrator mentioned the rest of the hadith, similar to the one above. All of these chains are sahih (authentic), and their supporting narration (shahid) is the hadith narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him), which I have dictated in the "Book of Faith" (Kitab al-Iman).

Yahya bin Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah narrates from his father, who narrates from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him), that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked about al-Bara' bin Ma'rur. The people said: He has passed away, and he bequeathed one third of his wealth to you (peace and blessings be upon him), and he also left instructions that when his final moments came he should be turned to face the qiblah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He attained the fitrah (natural way), and I have returned his one third to his children." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went and led his funeral prayer, and made this supplication: 'Allahummaghfir lahu warhamhu, wa adkhilhu jannatak, wa qad fa'alt' (O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him and admit him into Your Paradise, and indeed You have done so). This hadith is sahih (authentic); Imam Bukhari used Nu'aym bin Hammad as evidence and Imam Muslim used al-Darawardi as evidence, but neither of them recorded this hadith, and I know of no hadith other than this one about turning a dying person to face the qiblah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When the people began to wash the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), suddenly a caller called out from inside the house: "Do not remove the blessed shirt of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs, but they did not record it.

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):

Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wear white clothes and shroud your dead in them, for they are purer and finer."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you perfume the deceased with incense (fumigation with fragrance), do so an odd number of times (three, five or seven times)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but they did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw us with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we would walk with the funeral bier (quickly) in a manner that was almost running. The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs did not record it, while a supporting narration (shahid) for it is reported with an authentic chain from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far al-Tayyar (may Allah be pleased with him):

Ibn Abi al-Zinad narrates from his father: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) at al-Baqi' when a funeral passed before us. Ibn Ja'far turned towards us and expressed surprise at how slowly the people were walking with the bier, and he said: "How astonishing is the change in people's condition! By Allah, (in the time of the Prophet) the bier was carried only at a brisk pace (jamz), so much so that a man arguing with another would say: 'O servant of Allah, fear Allah! It is as if you are being rushed along on a bier.' He was expressing surprise at how slowly they walked."