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.
