Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On the day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him), whose ears, nose and so on had been cut off and whose body had been mutilated. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not for the fear that Safiyyah (Hamzah's sister) would be grieved, I would have left him like this until Allah raises him (on the Day of Resurrection) from the bellies of the birds and the beasts of prey." He (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded him in a striped woollen cloak (namirah) which, if his head was covered, left his feet exposed, and if his feet were covered, left his head exposed; so he (peace and blessings be upon him) covered his head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray over any martyr other than him, and he said: "I am a witness over you today." He (peace and blessings be upon him) would put two or three men together in one grave and ask: "Which of them knew more of the Qur'an?" and he would place that one first in the niche (lahd); and he (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded two or three men in a single cloth.