Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1555
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 " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Isma‘il ibn Musa al-Suddi narrated to us; Sharik narrated to us, from Abu al-Yaqzan, from Zadhan, from Jarir ibn Abdullah al-Bajali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘The side-niche grave is for us, and the trench grave is for others.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report contrasts the side niche (lahd) with the straight trench (shaqq).