(90) باب دَفْنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي الْقَبْرِ الْوَاحِدِ
It was narrated that Hisham bin 'Amir said:
"On the day of Uhud the people were exhausted. The Prophet said: 'Dig graves and make them wide, and bury two or three in a grave.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who should we 'put in first? He said: 'Put in first the one who knew the Qur'an most."' (FR)
Reference (FR): Sunan an-Nasa'i 2015 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 21, Hadith 199 (FR)
English translation (FR): Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2017 (FR)