"And deepen (the graves)."
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 128
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The Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day of Uhud and said: We have been afflicted with wound and fatigue. What do you command us?
He said: Dig graves, make them wide, bury two or three in a single grave.
He was asked: Which of them should be put first?
He replied: The one who knew the Qur'an most.
He (Hisham) said: My father Amir died on the day and was buried with two or one.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 127 Next Hadith → This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa'd b. Hisham b. 'Amir with a different chain of narrators.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 129
He said: Dig graves, make them wide, bury two or three in a single grave.
He was asked: Which of them should be put first?
He replied: The one who knew the Qur'an most.
He (Hisham) said: My father Amir died on the day and was buried with two or one.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 127 Next Hadith → This tradition has also been transmitted by Sa'd b. Hisham b. 'Amir with a different chain of narrators.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 21, Hadith 129