صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب الجنائز
The Book of Al-Janaiz (Funerals)
بَابُ مَنْ يُقَدَّمُ فِي اللَّحْدِ:
(75) Chapter. Who should be put first in the Lahd (a side extension of a grave) and it is called Lahd because it is to the side. If it is a straight one (i.e. has no side extension), it is called Darih.
Hadith 1348
أَخْبَرَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لِقَتْلَى أُحُدٍ : أَيُّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَكْثَرُ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ ؟ , فَإِذَا أُشِيرَ لَهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ قَدَّمَهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ قَبْلَ صَاحِبِهِ ، وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ : فَكُفِّنَ أَبِي وَعَمِّي فِي نَمِرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ .
(Jabir bin `Abdullah added): Allah's Apostle used to ask about the martyrs of Uhud as to which of them knew more of the Qur'an." And when one of them was pointed out as having more of it he would put him first in the grave and then his companions. (Jabir added): My father and my uncle were shrouded in one sheet.
