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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الجنائز
Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
" اللَّحْدُ لَنَا وَالشَّقُّ لِغَيْرِنَا "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The niche in the side of the grave is for us and the excavation in the middle is for others.
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