Sunan Ibn Majah 1628

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; Wahb ibn Jarir informed us; my father narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who narrated to me from Husayn ibn Abdullah, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: When they decided to dig a grave for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), they sent for Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, who dug a shaft grave like those of the people of Mecca. They also sent for Abu Talhah, who dug graves for the people of Medina and made a side niche. They sent two messengers to them and said, ‘O Allah, choose what is best for Your Messenger.’ They found Abu Talhah and brought him, but Abu Ubaydah was not found, so Abu Talhah made a side niche for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

When they had finished preparing him on Tuesday, he was placed on his bed in his house. People entered to pray over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in groups. When they had finished, the women were admitted, then, when they had finished, the children were admitted. No one led the people in prayer over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Muslims differed about the place where he should be buried: some said he should be buried in his mosque, and others said he should be buried with his Companions. Abu Bakr said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “No prophet is taken in death except that he is buried where he is taken in death.”’ They then lifted the bed on which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had died and dug for him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried in the middle of the night of Wednesday.

Ali ibn Abi Talib, al-Fadl and Qutham, the two sons of al-Abbas, and Shuqaran, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), descended into his grave. Aws ibn Khawli, who was Abu Layla, said to Ali ibn Abi Talib, ‘I adjure you by Allah: let us have our share in the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).’ Ali said to him, ‘Come down.’ Shuqaran, his freedman, had taken a velvet covering that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear. He buried it in the grave and said, ‘By Allah, no one will ever wear it after you.’ It was buried with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).