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Sunan Abu Dawud is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath. It is one of the six canonical hadith collections.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3211
Chapter: How The Deceased Should Be Placed Into His Grave
Al-Harith left his will that Abdullah ibn Yazid should offer his funeral prayer; so he prayed over him. He then put him in the grave from the side of his legs and said: This is a Sunnah (model practice of the Prophet).
Sunan Abi Dawud 3212
Chapter: How To Sit By The Grave
We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to the funeral of a man of the Ansar, but when we reached the grave, the niche in the side had not yet been made, so the Prophet (ﷺ) sat down facing the qiblah, and we sat down along with him.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3213
Chapter: Supplicating For The Deceased When He Is Placed In His Grave
When the Prophet (ﷺ) placed the dead in the grave, he said: In the name of Allah, and following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). This is Muslim's version.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3214
Chapter: If A Man's Idolater Relative Dies
I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): Your old and astray uncle has died. He said: Go and bury your father, and then do not do anything until you come to me. So I went, buried him and came to him. He ordered me (to take a bath), so I took a bath, and he prayed for me.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3215
Chapter: Making The Grave Deep
The Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of Uhud and said: We have been afflicted with wound and fatigue. What do you command us? He said: Dig graves, make them wide, bury two or three in a single grave. He was asked: Which of them should be put first? He replied: The one who knew the Qur'an most. He (Hisham) said: My father Amir died on the day and was buried with two or one.
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Chapter: Making The Grave Deep
"And deepen (the graves)."
Sunan Abi Dawud 3217
Chapter: Making The Grave Deep
This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa'd b. Hisham b. 'Amir with a different chain of narrators.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3218
Chapter: Levelling The Grave
'Ali said to me: I am sending you on the same mission as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me that I should not leave a high grave without leveling it and an image without obliterating it.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3219
Chapter: Levelling The Grave
We were with Fudalah b. 'Ubaid at Rudis in the land of Rome. One of our Companions dies, Fudalah commanded us to dig his grave; it was (dug and) levelled. He then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanding to level them. Abu Dawud said: Rudis is an island, in the sea.
Sunan Abi Dawud 3220
Chapter: Levelling The Grave
I said to Aisha! Mother, show me the grave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his two Companions (Allah be pleased with them). She showed me three graves which were neither high nor low, but were spread with soft red pebbles in an open space. Abu 'Ali said: It is said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is forward, Abu Bakr is near his head and 'Umar is near is feet. His head is at the feet of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
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