Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 814 – Volume 4, Book 56

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Volume 4, Book 56, Number 814:
Narrated Anas:
There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-Imran, and he used
to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to
say: "Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him." Then Allah caused him to die, and
the people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They
said, "This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and
took his body out of it because he had run away from them." They again dug the grave deeply for
him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is an
act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body
outside it, for he had run away from them." They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in
the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had
befallen him was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).