عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللّهِ رَضِيَ اللّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: لمَّا حَضَرَتْ أُحُدٌ دَعَانِي أَبِي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ: مَا أُرَانِي إِلّا مَقْتُولًا فِي أَوَّلِ مَنْ يُقْتَلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَإِنِّي لا أَتْرُكُ بَعْدِي أَعَزَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ غَيْرَ نَفْسِ رَسُولِ اللّهِ صَلّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم، وَإِنَّ عَلَيَّ دَيْنًا فَاقْضِ، واسْتَوْصِ بِأَخَوَاتِكَ خَيْرًا، فَأَصْبَحْنَا، فَكَانَ أوَّلَ قَتِيلٍ، ودَفَنْتُ مَعَهُ آخَرَ فِي قَبْرِهِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ تَطِبْ نَفْسِي أَنْ أَتْرُكَهُ مَعَ آخَرَ، فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُهُ بَعْدَ سِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ، فَإِذَا هُوَ كَيَوْمَ وَضَعْتُهُ غَيْرَ أُذُنِهِ، فَجَعَلتُهُ فِي قَبْرٍ عَلَى حِدَةٍ. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيُّ.

Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported: When [the battle of] Uhud approached, my father called me during the night and said: "I see myself as one of the first to be killed among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I am not leaving behind anyone dearer to me than you, apart from the person of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I have a debt, so pay it, and treat your sisters well." So we rose in the morning, and he was the first to be killed. I buried another with him in his grave, then my soul was not content to leave him with another, so I exhumed him after six months, and there he was, just as I had laid him — except for his ear. So I placed him in a grave by himself. Reported by al-Bukhari.