From collection Muhammad Ali Center Permanent Collection
Remnants of Kaffan Burial Shroud Created for Muhammad Ali
A simple white piece of cloth, accompanied by two strips of purple fabric and a single strip of additional white fabric, which are all remnants from the burial shroud that was created for Muhammad Ali. The creators of the burial shroud, the Hamdani family, were contacted approximately nine years before Ali's passing to create the shroud for his burial when the time came. The Hamdani family did not know who the shroud was for until Ali's passing, and upon learning who it was for, they were amazed that he wanted a simple, plain white shroud, when he could have been buried in something much more extravagant.