Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was
sitting by a grave which was being dug at Madina. A man looked into
the grave and said, 'An awful bed for the mumin. 'The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, said, 'Evil? What you
have said is absolutely wrong.'
The man said, 'I didn't mean
that, Messenger of Allah. I meant being killed in the way of Allah.'
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
'Being killed in the way of Allah has no like! There is no place on
the earth which I would prefer my grave to be than here (meaning
Madina). He repeated it three times.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 21, Hadith 35
We were traveling with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he was fasting, and when the sun set, he said to
(someone), "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Will you
wait) till it is evening?" The Prophet (ﷺ) again said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He
replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! It is still daytime." The Prophet (ﷺ) said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq
with water for us." So, he got down and carried out that order. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "When you see
night falling from this side, the fasting person should break his fast," and he beckoned with his finger
towards the east.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 30, Hadith 63