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’Ata bin Abi ‘Abbas reported that God’s messenger ﷺ buried ‘Abdullah Thul-Bajadain at night, he lit a fire by the grave, and then descended the grave first, before he said to his two blessed companions Omar and Abu Bakr: “You may now lower down your brother.”
God’s messenger ﷺ then laid him in his charnel (lahd) facing the Qibla, and after straightened the grave with the remaining of the companions, they all performed the funeral prayer on him at the grave site.
Before leaving, God’s messenger ﷺ looked at the grave of ‘Abdullah, and he addressed him saying: “God bless your soul O ‘Abdullah, for you were indeed a true penitent oft-pondering your Lord, and you recited the Qur’an regularly and methodically.”
Facing the Ka’ba, God’s messenger ﷺ then lifted up his hands and prayed: “My Lord, as of the fall of this night, I am pleased with him, so may Thou be pleased with him, and bless him as well.”
‘Abdullah, the son of Omar, also was present that night, and when he heard God’s messenger ﷺ recite this exalted prayer, he said to himself: “By God! I wish I was in his place. He received such exalted blessings even though I had embraced Islam fifteen years earlier than he did.”
The Beauty of the Righteous & Ranks of the Elite (Hiyat-ul Awliya wa Tabaqat al Asfiya), Imam Abu Na`im al-Asfahani, p.106
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