Awliya-Grave Marking

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Marking the graves with stones is a Sunnah

Narrated Al-Muttalib: When Uthman ibn Maz’un died, he was brought out on his bier and buried. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered a man to bring him a stone, but he was unable to carry it. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) got up and going over to it rolled up his sleeves. [Abu Dawud, Book 20, Number 3200]“

“Prophet ﷺ cast three handfuls of earth on the dead with both hands, that he sprinkled water on the grave of his son Ibrahim, and that he put small pebbles on it.”[ Al-Tirmidhi 1708]

Narrated Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn AbuBakr: I said to Aisha! Mother, show me the grave of the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) and his two Companions (Allah be pleased with them). She showed me three graves which were neither high nor low, but were spread with soft red pebbles in an open space. [Abu Dawud, Book 20, Number 3214]

Moreover, coating the grave with material others than plaster, like clay is permitted among the scholars, as admitted in the book “fiqh us sunnah”.

Tirmidhi said: “Some scholars, including Al-Hasan alBasri, hold it permissible to coat the graves with clay.”

Ash-Shafi’i is also of the same view and sees no harm in giving the graves a coating of clay.

Ja’far bin Muhammad reported from his father: “The grave of the Prophet (ﷺ) was raised one hand from the ground and was coated with red clay and some gravel.” This was narrated by Abu Bakr An-Najjad.

Next to the dome of the rock is the dome of the Miraj, which is attributed to be the location from where the ascension to heaven took place in the life of Prophet Muhammed(ﷺ).

The grave of the blessed Prophet of Islam and two of his closest companions were buried within a structure from the very first day, they also have to deal with fact that other holy places or relics had domes constructed over it.

From among them is the maqam Ibrahim, which had a dome constructed over it in the early periods of Islam. Umar radhiAllahu anhu was “the first one who built a structure (maqsura) around it.” (Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari, 8:169).

The Zam Zam well had a dome built over it in early Islamic period by Caliph al Mansur (149AH).

These days a structure over the Safa and Marwa, and made it part of the Masjid al Haram complex. (The idolators prior to the advent of Islam used to have idols placed at Safa and Marwa, which they use to venerate while performing the tawaf between them )

{whoever holds in honor the symbols of Allah, such (honor) should come truly from piety of heart.} [Qur`an 22/32]

Grave of Prophet(ﷺ) and Sahaba
(a)Sahih Bukhari vol 2 book 23 Hadith 473–Narrated Abu Bakr bin ‘Aiyash : Sufyan At-Tammar told me that he had seen the grave of the Prophet elevated and convex.
b) Sunan al kubra volume 3 page 410 Imam Behaqi–Narrated The grave of Prophet was one span above the ground
c) Sharah Muslim, vol 1 page 312 Imam Nawawi [r.h] writes: “Sunnah is to have the grave about the length of one span…”

Narrated Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn AbuBakr: I said to Aisha! Mother, show me the grave of the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) and his two Companions (Allah be pleased with them). She showed me three graves which were neither high nor low, but were spread with soft red pebbles in an open space. (Abu Dawud: Book 20, Number 3214)

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