Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1560
حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّهْمَاءِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " احْفِرُوا وَأَوْسِعُوا وَأَحْسِنُوا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Azhar ibn Marwan narrated to us; Abd al-Warith ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; Ayyub narrated to us, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from Abu al-Dahma’, from Hisham ibn Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Dig the grave deep, make it spacious, and prepare it well.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The three instructions—to dig deeply, make the grave spacious, and prepare it well—are kept as separate directives.