Other reports on the same subject come from Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām, and Anas ibn Mālik; you may refer to their documentation in Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid if you wish.

Be aware that in Ibn ʿAsākir’s recension of al-Bukhārī’s ḥadith from Abu Hurayrah the wording is, “my grave” instead of “my house.” Al-Ḥāfiẓ commented, “This is a mistake.” The same rendition—“my grave”—occurs in some of the earlier transmissions cited by al-Khaṭīb and others, and we are certain that it represents a narration conveyed by meaning, as al-Qurṭubī (1) and others have maintained.

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah—may Allah have mercy on him—clarified the matter, saying in al-Qāʿidah al-Jalīlah (p. 58): “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ uttered this statement he had not yet been buried; for that reason none of the Companions cited it when they differed over the place of his burial. Had such wording existed among them, it would have been decisive in the dispute. Instead, he was buried in ʿĀʾishah’s chamber, precisely where he passed away—may my father and mother be sacrificed for him; peace and blessings be upon him.”

Moreover, understand that the designation of that spot as a “garden” (rawdah) means either that the very patch of earth will be transported to Paradise and will thus become one of its gardens, or that the term is figurative, since the worship performed there ultimately leads to