Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2011

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ ‏:‏ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ جِرَاحَاتٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏" ‏ احْفِرُوا وَأَوْسِعُوا، وَادْفِنُوا الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ فِي الْقَبْرِ، وَقَدِّمُوا أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Ma‘mar informed us, saying: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, saying: I heard Humayd ibn Hilal, from Sa‘d ibn Hisham ibn ‘Amir, from his father, who said: On the day of Uhud, some Muslims were struck down and people were wounded. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Dig graves and make them spacious. Bury two or three in one grave, and place first the one who knew the most Qur’an.’