Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1555
What was narrated concerning the niche-grave being recommended
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُوسَى السُّدِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الْيَقْظَانِ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَجَلِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " اللَّحْدُ لَنَا وَالشَّقُّ لِغَيْرِنَا "
Translation
It wasnarrated that Jarir bin ‘Abdullah Al-Bajali said
“TheMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The niche-grave is for us and theditch-graveis for others.’”