Chapter on Guiding the Dying, Positioning Them at Death, Procedures for Their Final Moments, Washing Them, and Placing Them in Shrouds

I heard this as a mursal (disconnected) narration from the elders during discussions, and its chain of transmission does not come to mind at present. The summary of it is as follows: It is said: "When Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, sent Adam عليه السلام down from the Garden of Refuge to the earth, he felt lonely. So he asked Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, to grant him something from the trees of Paradise to provide comfort. Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, sent down the date palm tree to him. Adam عليه السلام found solace in it during his lifetime. When his death approached, he said to his children: 'I used to find comfort with this tree during my life, and I hope to find comfort with it after my death. So when I die, take two palm branches from it, split them into halves, and place them with my shroud.' His children did as instructed, and prophets عليه السلام after followed his practice. However, this tradition faded during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, peace be upon him and his family, revived it and practiced it, thus making it an established Sunnah to be followed."