Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39516 — What Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah)

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would put together two men at a time from those slain at Uhud in a single cloth. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask: "Which of these two knows more of the Qur'an?" When someone pointed out one of them to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would lower that one into the grave first, and he would say: "I will be a witness over these people on the Day of Resurrection." He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the slain be buried with their blood upon them, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not lead the funeral prayer over them, nor were they given the ritual bath (ghusl).