The Kafans of a male and a female deceased person differ only in the number of pieces of cloth used and their arrangement around the body. Whereas a male deceased is wrapped in three pieces of cloth, a female is wrapped in five. Like everything else, this practice also follows the sunnah of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and the manner of his own burial as is confirmed by the following Hadith:
Aishah (ra) reported: "Allah's Messenger (pbuh) was shrouded in three white cotton Yemeni sheets from Sahul (an area in Yemen). None of them was either a shirt or a turban. He was simply placed on (and wrapped in) them. (An Nasa'i and Abu Daud)
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