الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجنازةChapters on Funeral Prayer
اخْتِيَارُ اللَّحْدِ عَلَى الشَّقِّ وَتَعْمِيقِ الْقَبْرِ وَتَوْسِيعِهِ وَدَفْنِ الْاثْنَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ إِذَا اقْتَضَى الْحَالُ ذَالِكَPreferring the niche grave over the trench, deepening and widening the grave, and burying two or three in one grave if necessary
Hadith 3251
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) بِنَحْوِهِ وَفِيهِ: فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى جَلَسَ عَلَى شَفِيرِ الْقَبْرِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: ((الْحَدُوا، وَلَا تَشُقُّوا، فَإِنَّ اللَّحْدَ لَنَا وَالشَّقَّ لِغَيْرِنَا))
(Second chain of narration) It is stated in this: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came and sat by the edge of the grave and said: Make a side niche (lahd) in the grave, do not make a trench (shaqq), for the niche is for us and the trench is for others.
