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Multiple Burial In One Grave | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Multiple Burial In One Grave Multiple Burial In One Grave Download PDF Summary: Muslims, in general, believe that Islam allows for multiple burials in one grave site (2.20 x 1.25 meters’ spot), i.e., having two to three coffins to be laid to rest in multi-story graves.

For this, they quote a Hadith from Rasool Allah -saww (non-Shia source), under exceptional circumstances related to the Battle of Uhud, that Rasool Allah -saww buried two to three martyrs in each grave after the Battle of Uhud. However, Ahadith from Shia sources disallow, under all circumstances, the burial of multiple bodies in one grave .

We first quote two Ahadith from the non-Shia sources: Non-Shia Narrations: Rasool Allah -saww instructed regarding the martyrs of Uhud: واجعلوا الرجلين والثلاثة في القبر Place two or three men in a single grave.

[1] [2] Also, in another Riwaya from a non-Shia source, we find: يج مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ ص‏ From his -saww miracles – ‏ فَدُفِنَ كُلُّ رَجُلَيْنِ فِي قَبْرٍ إِلَّا حَمْزَةَ فَإِنَّهُ دُفِنَ وَحْدَهُ So, every two men were buried in one grave except Hamza -asws , for he -asws was buried alone (an extract) . [3] Shia Narrations: In Shia Ahadith, we do not find such an option (multiple burials at a grave) even under the conditions of the battles.

See, for example, some Ahadith below: Rasool Allah -saww Buried each Martyr at the place of his Martyrdom In a lengthy Hadith on battle of Uhud, from Abu Al-Jaroud, from Abu Ja’far -asws it has been narrated: وَ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِالْقَتْلَى فَجُمِعُوا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ وَ دَفَنَهُمْ فِي مَضَاجِعِهِمْ وَ كَبَّرَ عَلَى حَمْزَةَ سَبْعِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً And Rasool-Allah -saww instructed with the killed ones, and they were gathered, and he -saww prayed Salat over them and buried them in their dying places, and he -saww exclaimed seventy Takbeers over Hamza ‑asws .

(an extract).

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