It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) was shrouded in a small striped sheet (namirah). The sheet was so small that when they drew it over his head, his feet were uncovered, and when they drew it over his feet, his head was uncovered. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that they draw the sheet towards his head and put idhkhir (grass) over his feet. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not that I feared Safiyyah (Hamzah's sister) would be grief-stricken, I would have left Hamzah (on the field itself) and not buried him, so that Hamzah would be gathered (on the Day of Resurrection) from the bellies of the birds and beasts of prey." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.