It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and stood by Sayyiduna Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) and saw that he had been mutilated. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If Safiyyah would not feel (pain), I would have left him as he was, until the beasts and (carnivorous) birds would eat him and his resurrection would be from their bellies. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a striped sheet and shrouded him in it. That sheet was so short that if the head was covered, the feet would remain uncovered, and if it was placed over the feet, the head would remain uncovered. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would shroud two or three men in one cloth, then ask which of them had memorized more of the Qur'an, and would place him foremost towards the Qiblah (in the grave). In this way, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) buried the martyrs and did not perform their funeral prayer. The narrator, Zayd bin Hubab, said: One, two, and three men were shrouded in a single cloth.