Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 3215
Book 21: Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
Narrated Hisham ibn Amir:
The Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of Uhud and said: We have been afflicted with wound and fatigue. What do you command us?
He said: Dig graves, make them wide, bury two or three in a single grave.
He was asked: Which of them should be put first?
He replied: The one who knew the Qur’an most.
He (Hisham) said: My father Amir died on the day and was buried with two or one.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، – يَعْنِي ابْنَ هِلاَلٍ – عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ جَاءَتِ الأَنْصَارُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَقَالُوا أَصَابَنَا قَرْحٌ وَجَهْدٌ فَكَيْفَ تَأْمُرُنَا قَالَ ” احْفِرُوا وَأَوْسِعُوا وَاجْعَلُوا الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ فِي الْقَبْرِ ” . قِيلَ فَأَيُّهُمْ يُقَدَّمُ قَالَ ” أَكْثَرُهُمْ قُرْآنًا ” . قَالَ أُصِيبَ أَبِي يَوْمَئِذٍ عَامِرٌ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ قَالَ وَاحِدٌ .
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