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BURIAL OF MUS'AB, SON OF UMAIR

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“Food was brought to Abdur Rahman the son of Auf to break his fast, when he said: ‘Mus'ab, the son of Umair was martyred, and he was a better man than I. There was nothing in which to shroud him except for a sheet that was so small that if his head was covered his feet remained uncovered, and if his feet were covered his head remained uncovered. We have been generously given the bounties of this world, and I fear that the reward for our good deeds may have been hastened for us.’ At this he began to sob and stopped eating.”

Bukhari with a chain up to Ibrahim, the son of Abdur Rahman, son of Auf who related this hadith