Arabic (Original)
سَمِعْتُهُ وَحْدِي حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي جِنَازَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ مَعَ أَبِي فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى حُفْرَةِ الْقَبْرِ فَجَعَلَ يُوصِي الْحَافِرَ وَيَقُولُ أَوْسِعْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّأْسِ وَأَوْسِعْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ لَرُبَّ عَذْقٍ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ.
English Translation
I heard it alone. Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Asim ibn Kulayb, from his father, from a man of the Ansar, who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for the funeral of a man of the Ansar, and I was a boy with my father. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sat by the pit of the grave, and began instructing the digger, saying: Widen it from the direction of the head, and widen it from the direction of the feet — there is many a date-cluster of reward awaiting him in Paradise.