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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umm Salama,
the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used
to say, "I did not believe that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, had died until I heard the pickaxes
fall."
Muwatta Malik Book 16, Hadith 30
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his
father said, "There were two men in Madina, one of whom dug graves
with a niche in the side wall for the body, and the other who did not,
and they said, 'Whichever one comes first can do the job,' and the one
who dug graves with a niche came first and dug the Messenger of
Allah's grave, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that A'isha,
the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "I saw three moons fall into my room, and I related my vision to
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Then, when the Messenger of Allah died, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and was buried in my house, Abu Bakr
said to me, 'This is one of your moons, and he is the best of them.' "