Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1036

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Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Ka'b ibn Malik, that Jabir ibn Abdullah informed him that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to place two of the Uhud martyrs together in one garment. Then he would ask, 'Which of the two had learned more of the Qur'an?' When one of them was pointed out to him, he would place him first in the burial niche and say, 'I will be a witness for these people on the Day of Resurrection.' He ordered them to be buried in their blood; he did not perform the funeral prayer over them, and they were not washed. A report on this topic is also related from Anas ibn Malik. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Jabir is hasan sahih. This hadith has also been narrated from al-Zuhri, from Anas, from the Prophet, and from al-Zuhri, from Abdullah ibn Tha'labah ibn Abi Su'ayr, from the Prophet; some narrators mentioned it from Jabir. Scholars differed about performing the funeral prayer for a martyr. Some said that the martyr is not prayed over. This is the view of the people of Madinah and of al-Shafi'i and Ahmad. Others said that the martyr is prayed over, citing the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the funeral prayer for Hamzah. This is the view of al-Thawri, the people of Kufa, and Ishaq.