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 3255
اُردوEn
عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جَنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَنَا غُلامٌ مَعَ أَبِي فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى حَفِيرَةِ الْقَبْرِ فَجَعَلَ يُوصِي الْحَافِرَ وَيَقُولُ: ((أَوْسِعْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّأْسِ وَأَوْسِعْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ، لَرُبَّ عِذْقٍ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ))
An Ansari companion narrates: We went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for the funeral of an Ansari. I was a small boy and had gone with my father. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sat near the grave’s pit and said to the one making the grave: Open the grave from the head side, make it wide from the feet side, for there are many clusters of dates for this deceased in Paradise.
