Hadith 24595

Chapter 90

باب 90

(90) باب دَفْنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي الْقَبْرِ الْوَاحِدِ

(90) Chapter: Burying A Number Of People In One Grave (ES)
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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 " .

It was narrated from Hisham bin 'Amir that the Messenger of Allah said:
"Dig graves and dig them well, and bury two or three (together), and put in first the one who knew the Qur'an most." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sunan an-Nasa'i 2017 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 21, Hadith 201 (ES)

English translation (ES): Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2019 (ES)