It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and stood by the blessed body of Hazrat Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him). He saw that the polytheists had mutilated his body. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "If Safiyyah would not feel burdened in her heart, I would have left him as he is so that birds would eat his flesh and on the Day of Resurrection he would come out from the bellies of those birds." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a sheet and shrouded him in it. When the sheet was pulled over his head, his feet would be uncovered, and when it was pulled over his feet, his head would be uncovered. During the Battle of Uhud, the number of martyrs was large and the shrouds were few, so two or three men would be wrapped together in one shroud. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would ask which of them knew more of the Qur'an, and he would place that one closest to the Qiblah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) buried all of them in this manner and did not perform their funeral prayer.