"On the day of Uhud the people were exhausted. The Prophet said: 'Dig graves and make them wide, and bury two or three in a grave.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who should we 'put in first? He said: 'Put in first the one who knew the Qur'an most."'
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 2015 In-book : Book 21, Hadith 199 English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2017
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