حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ شَبَّةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ طُفَيْلٍ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ الْقُرَشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي اللَّحْدِ وَالشَّقِّ حَتَّی تَکَلَّمُوا فِي ذَلِکَ وَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَا تَصْخَبُوا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَيًّا وَلَا مَيِّتًا أَوْ کَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَی الشَّقَّاقِ وَاللَّاحِدِ جَمِيعًا فَجَائَ اللَّاحِدُ فَلَحَدَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ دُفِنَ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1558
It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "When the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H died, they differed as to whether his grave should have a niche or a ditch in the ground, until they spoke and raised their voices concerning that. Then 'Umar said: 'Do not shout in the presence of the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H, living or dead: or words to that effect. So they sent for both the one who made a niche and the one who dug graves without a niche, and the one who used to make a niche came and dug a grave with a niche for the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H , then he P.B.U.H was buried."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020