Volume 5, Book 59, Number 406:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah
Allah’s Apostle used to shroud two martyrs of Uhud in one sheet and then say, “Which of them
knew Quran more?” When one of the two was pointed out, he would put him first in the grave. Then
he said, “I will be a witness for them on the Day of Resurrection.” He ordered them to be buried with
their blood (on their bodies). Neither was the funeral prayer offered for them, nor were they washed.
Jabir added, “When my father was martyred, I started weeping and uncovering his face. The com –
panions of the Prophet stopped me from doing so but the Prophet did not stop me. Then the Prophet
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said, ‘(O Jabir.) don’t weep over him, for the angels kept on covering him with their wings till his
body was carried away (for burial).”