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 Qur'an more? He then advanced him toward the qiblah (direction of prayer).  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى حَمْزَةَ وَقَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ تَجِدَ صَفِيَّةُ فِي نَفْسِهَا لَتَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى تَأْكُلَهُ الْعَافِيَةُ حَتَّى يُحْشَرَ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا وَقَلَّتِ الثِّيَابُ وَكَثُرَتِ الْقَتْلَى فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ وَالرَّجُلاَنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ يُكَفَّنُونَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ زَادَ قُتَيْبَةُ ثُمَّ يُدْفَنُونَ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُ أَيُّهُمْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ قُرْآنًا فَيُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ  

"The Messenger of Allah came to Hamza on the Day of Uhud, he stood over him and saw that he had been mutilated. He said: Had it not been that Safiyyah would be distressed, then I would have left him to be eaten by the beasts until he was gathered on the Day of Judgment from their stomachs." He said: "Then he called for a Namirah to shroud him with. When it was extended over his head, it left his feet exposed, and when it was extended over his feet, it left his head exposed." He said: "There were many dead and few cloths." He said: "One, two and three men were shrouded in one cloth and buried in one grave." He said: "So the Messenger of Allah was asking which of them knew the most Quran, so he could put him toward the Qibalh." He said: "So the Messenger of Allah buried them and he did not perform (funeral prayers) for them."  

أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى حَمْزَةَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَرَآهُ قَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ فَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ تَجِدَ صَفِيَّةُ فِي نَفْسِهَا لَتَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى تَأْكُلَهُ الْعَافِيَةُ حَتَّى يُحْشَرَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِنَمِرَةٍ فَكَفَّنَهُ فِيهَا فَكَانَتْ إِذَا مُدَّتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بَدَتْ رِجْلاَهُ وَإِذَا مُدَّتْ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ بَدَا رَأْسُهُ قَالَ فَكَثُرَ الْقَتْلَى وَقَلَّتِ الثِّيَابُ قَالَ فَكُفِّنَ الرَّجُلُ وَالرَّجُلاَنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةُ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ ثُمَّ يُدْفَنُونَ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَكْثَرُ قُرْآنًا فَيُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ قَالَ فَدَفَنَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ  

[Machine] On the day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib while he was wounded and disfigured. He said, "If it were not for the fact that Safiyya will miss him until Allah gathers him from the bellies of birds and wild animals, I would have left him." So he wrapped him in a cloth. When his head was covered, his feet were exposed, and when his feet were covered, his head was exposed. His head was covered and he did not offer funeral prayer for any martyr other than him. He said, "I bear witness against you all today." He used to bury three or two people in one grave and ask, "Which of them has more Qur'an?" Then he would place the most knowledgeable one in front during the burial. He wrapped the bodies of two men and three men in one cloth.  

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِحَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَقَدْ جُدِعَ وَمُثِّلَ بِهِ فَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنْ تَجِدَ صَفِيَّةُ تَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى يَحْشُرَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ بُطُونِ الطَّيْرِ وَالسِّبَاعِ» فَكَفَّنَهُ فِي نَمِرَةٍ إِذَا خُمِّرَ رَأْسُهُ بَدَتْ رِجْلَاهُ وَإِذَا خُمِّرَتْ رِجْلَاهُ بَدَا رَأْسُهُ فَخُمِّرَ رَأْسُهُ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ غَيْرِهِ وَقَالَ «أَنَا شَاهِدٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ» وَكَانَ يَجْمَعُ الثَّلَاثَةَ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ فِي قَبْرٍ وَاحِدٍ وَيَسْأَلُ «أَيُّهُمْ أَكْثَرُ قُرْآنًا؟» فَيُقَدِّمُهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ وَكَفَّنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ فِي الثَّوْبِ الْوَاحِدِ  

"عَنْ أنسٍ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ مَرَّ بِحَمْزَةَ يَوْمَ أحُد وَقَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: لَوْلاَ أنِّى أَخْشَى أَنْ تَجِدَ صفيَّةُ فِي نَفْسِهَا لَتَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى تَأكُلَهُ العَافِيةُ (*)، فَيُحْشَر فِى بُطُونِهَا، ثُمَّ دَعَا بَنَمِرَة فَكانَتْ إِذَا مُدَّت عَلَى رَأسِهِ بَدَتْ رِجْلاَهُ، وَإِذَا مُدَّتْ عَلى رِجْلَيْهِ بَدَا رَأسُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : مُدُّوهَا عَلَى رَأسِهِ وَاجْعَلُوا عَلَى رِجْلَيهِ

الحَرْمَل، قلَّت الثِّيابُ وَكَثُرَت القَتْلَى، وَكَانَ الرَّجلُ وَالرَّجُلاَنِ وَالثَّلاَتَةُ يُكَفَّنونَ فِى الثَّوْبِ الوَاحِدِ، وَكَانَ النَّبِى ﷺ يَسْألُ أيُّهُمْ أكْثَرُ قُرآنًا؟ فَيُقَدِّمُهُ".