Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2017
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّهْمَاءِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ : " احْفِرُوا وَأَحْسِنُوا، وَادْفِنُوا الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ، وَقَدِّمُوا أَكْثَرَهُمْ قُرْآنًا " .
Translation
Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub informed us, saying: Musaddad narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Humayd ibn Hilal, from Abu al-Dahma’, from Hisham ibn ‘Amir, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Dig graves and prepare them well. Bury two or three together, and place first the one who knew the most Qur’an.’