then he narrated (1/101) with a chain containing two abandoned narrators from a Makhzumi elder named ʿUmar, who said: ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) was among the first of the emigrants to die. They asked, "O Messenger of Allāh! Where should we bury him?" He replied, "In al-Baqīʿ." He said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) dug his grave, and a stone remained from the stones of his grave. The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) carried it and placed it at his feet. When Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam became in charge of Medina, he passed by that stone and ordered it to be thrown... etc. In summary; it is not known who was the first Companion to be buried in al-Baqīʿ; was it ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn or Asʿad ibn Zurārah? All of this is based on the narration of al-Wāqidī, who is abandoned, and his various weak chains. The Shāfiʿīs and others have used this ḥadīth as evidence that it is recommended to place a marker of stone or something else at the head of the grave; they said: because it is recognized and can be visited. And I say: because if it is recognized, people will not sit on it or trample it with shoes. Abū Dāwūd titled it: "Chapter on Gathering the Dead in a Grave, and the Grave Being Marked." And al-Bayhaqī said: "Chapter on Marking the Grave with a Stone or Any Marker." *

- (The Hour will not be established until the mountains are removed from their places; and you will see great matters that you had not seen before). It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (7/250/6857) through the route of ʿUfayr ibn Maʿdān from Qatādah from al-Ḥasan from Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said... and he mentioned it