Muwatta Malik #561
Burials
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُدْفَنَ، بِالْبَقِيعِ لأَنْ أُدْفَنَ بِغَيْرِهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُدْفَنَ بِهِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَحَدُ رَجُلَيْنِ إِمَّا ظَالِمٌ فَلاَ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُدْفَنَ مَعَهُ وَإِمَّا صَالِحٌ فَلاَ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُنْبَشَ لِي عِظَامُهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his
father said, "I would not want to be buried in al-Baqi. I would prefer
to be buried elsewhere. The one who is buried in al-Baqi is one of two
people. Either he is unjust (dhalim), and I would not like to be
buried with him, or he is salih, and I would not like his bones to be
disturbed for me."
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This hadith is #561 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Burials.