Quotation for Pesachim 52:2
אמר רב פפא אי כתיב (דברים כא, ג) עבד וקרינן עבד עד דעביד בה איהו אי כתיב עובד וקרינן עובד אפילו ממילא נמי
and we read it 'abad', [I would say, it becomes unfit] only if he himself wrought with it. While if ''ubad'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Passive: 'was (not) wrought with'.');"><sup>3</sup></span> were written and we read it ''ubad,' [it would imply] even if it were of itself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even if it were wrought with entirely without the owner's volition.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Rashba on Niddah
This was only taught for the eulogy, but for burial it is forbidden. Because shatnez is not forbidden by the Torah, but rather wearing, and rising up [from the grave] is comparable to wearing, but the eulogy is only for an individual's honor, and is comparable to one who sells clothing [with shatnez to non-Jews] in the normal manner. However burial is comparable to wearing and because of this, wearing [shatnez] is forbidden for the one who says mitzvot aren't nullified [in the world to come].
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