Musnad Abi Ya'la 3568 — on the day of the battle of Uhud

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the battle of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him), whose nose had been cut off and whose body had been mutilated. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not that Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) would feel grief in her heart, I would have left him (in this state) until Allah Almighty resurrected him from the bellies of wild beasts and the crops of birds." Then he was shrouded in a striped woollen sheet (namirah), (which was so small that) when his head was covered his feet were exposed, and when his feet were covered his head was exposed, so the Companions covered his head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not offer the funeral prayer (at that time) over any of the martyrs, and he said: "I am a witness over you today." He (peace and blessings be upon him) would place two or three martyrs together in a single grave and ask: "Which of them knew more of the Qur'an?" Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would put (the one indicated) first in the niche of the grave, and two or three men were shrouded in a single cloth.