The Book of Funerals

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"Make a niche for me in the side of the grave and set up (bricks) over me as was done for the Messenger of Allah."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

The Messenger of Allah said: "The niche is for us and the ditch is for others." (Daif)

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"Bury the slain where they fell."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"I said to the Prophet: 'Your paternal uncle, the old misguided man has died. Who will bury him?' He said: 'Go and bury your father, then do not do anything until you come to me.' So I buried him then...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"Make a niche for me in the side of the grave and set up (bricks) over me as was done for the Messenger of Allah."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

mention was made of standing at the funeral until the body is placed in the grave. 'Ali bin Abi Talib said: "The Messenger of Allah stood, then he sat down."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"We went out with the Messenger of Allah for a funeral, and when we reached the grave the Lahd had not yet been prepared. He sat, and we sat around him, as if there were birds on our heads."

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"The Messenger of Allah said, concerning those who had been slain at Uhud: 'Wrap them up on their clothes that are stained with blood, for there is no wound that is sustained for the sake of Allah, but it will...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

"Two Muslim men were killed on the day of At-Ta'if, and they were taken to the Messenger of Allah. He commanded that they be buried where they were killed." Ibn Mu'ayyah was born during the time of the Messenger of...

Sunan al-Nasa'i

That the Prophet commanded that those who had been killed at Uhud should be taken back to the place where they fell; they had been brought to Al-Madinah.