حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحُبَابِ ح و حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ يَعْنِي الْمَرْوَانِيَّ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ الْمَعْنَی أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ عَلَی حَمْزَةَ وَقَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَجِدَ صَفِيَّةُ فِي نَفْسِهَا لَتَرَکْتُهُ حَتَّی تَأْکُلَهُ الْعَافِيَةُ حَتَّی يُحْشَرَ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَقَلَّتْ الثِّيَابُ وَکَثُرَتْ الْقَتْلَی فَکَانَ الرَّجُلُ وَالرَّجُلَانِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ يُکَفَّنُونَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ زَادَ قُتَيْبَةُ ثُمَّ يُدْفَنُونَ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْأَلُ أَيُّهُمْ أَکْثَرُ قُرْآنًا فَيُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَی الْقِبْلَةِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3136
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed Hamzah who was killed and disfigured. He said: If Safiyyah were not grieved, I would have left him until the birds and beasts of prey would have eaten him, and he would have been resurrected from their bellies. The garments were scanty and the slain were in great number. So one, two and three persons were shrouded in one garment. The narrator Qutaybah added: They were then buried in one grave. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: Which of the two learnt the Quran more? He then advanced him toward the qiblah (direction of prayer).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020