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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 3252
اُردوEn
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَالِثٍ) قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((اللَّحْدُ لَنَا وَالشَّقُّ لِأَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ))
(The third chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The lahd (niche grave) is for us, and the shaqq (simple trench grave) is for the People of the Book.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of this hadith is that for Muslims, the side niche (lahd) is superior, although the trench (shaqq) is also permissible, because in Madinah there were both a person who made lahd graves and a person who made shaqq graves, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had kept both of them in place. And at the time of the burial of the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Companions consulted among themselves that whichever of the two arrived first, his method would be given preference for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Accordingly, the one who made the lahd arrived first, so a lahd was made for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Imam Nawawi said: The people of knowledge have consensus (ijma‘) that burying the deceased in both lahd and shaqq is permissible.
