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فَإِنِ اقْتَصَرُوا عَلَى ثَوْبَيْنِ: جَازَ
Translation: If the man is shrouded in only two pieces of cloth, that is also permissible.

Iqtasaru means that they were satisfied with fewer pieces. The two-piece arrangement is valid, although it is not described as equivalent in recommendation to the full three-piece form.

In the two-piece arrangement the izar and outer wrap are used; severe shortage gives rise to a separate rule of necessity.

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Permissibility of two shroud pieces

Funerals: Shrouding Men and Women

فَإِنِ اقْتَصَرُوا عَلَى ثَوْبَيْنِ: جَازَ
Translation: If the man is shrouded in only two pieces of cloth, that is also permissible.

Iqtasaru means that they were satisfied with fewer pieces. The two-piece arrangement is valid, although it is not described as equivalent in recommendation to the full three-piece form.

In the two-piece arrangement the izar and outer wrap are used; severe shortage gives rise to a separate rule of necessity.