Awliya-Grave Tombs Over Grave

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Hadith of Sahih muslim on Building over the grave

Regarding Hadith of Sahih muslim And it was narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade plastering over graves, or sitting on them or building over them. Both reports were narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh.

Sitting over not around ,the graves is forbidden and no one sits on as grave (never saw a sane muslim doing it) ,Similarly the Dome is like a room build around not over a grave and this has been proved from above what Prophet (ﷺ) and first two caliphs(ra) of Islam were themselves buried in a room not in a open grave.

By building over them it means structures made over them (not around ) during time of ignorance, Muslims build tomb or shrine around it

Issue of building mosque over a grave

Sunan Dawud Book 20 Hadith 3230 says Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) cursed women who visit graves, those who built mosques over them and erected lamps.

Even Prophet Muhammad’s grave is inside a mosque. Not in the main hall where Salat is offered but according to the most famous and respected bymisguided groups historian Ibn kathir

Imam at-Tabari and Hafiz Ibn Kathir write, in 88 AH,that the room of ‘A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) – where there are graves of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them)- was joined to the mosque of the Prophet  [Tareeh Tabari and Tar’ikh Hafiz Ibn Kathir, Chapter of Government of Walid ibn ‘abd al-Malik]

On issue of elevation of graves
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.

It is established that the Prophet placed a rock on top of `Uthman ibn Maz`un’s (ra) grave saying:With it I shall designate the grave of my [milk-]brother and later bury in it whoever dies among my relatives -Abu Dawud,al-Bayhaqi in al-Kubra (3:412) .

The complete report states that the Prophet ﷺ asked a man to place a rock on top of Ibn Maz`un’s grave; when he was unable to move it, he rolled up his sleeves and helped him and the whiteness of his arms was visible. Ibn Maz`un was the first of the Muhâjirûn buried in Baqi al-Gharqad. Ibrahim(the Prophet’s son) was buried next to him. .”

Another Sahih Hadith from Imam Bukhari (Rah) himself -Kharija ibn Zayd said: I can see myself when we were young men [boys] in the time of Uthman [ibn `Affan](ra)The strongest one of us in high jump was he who could jump over the grave of `Uthman ibn Maz`un and clear it (al-Bukhari in his Sahih chapter-title, “[Placing] a Stalk on Top of the Grave.”Ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Bari (3:256=1959 ed. 3:223 cf. Taghliq al-Ta`liq)

It contains a proof for the licitness of raising high the grave and elevating it above the surface of the earth.

In second hadith it says high jump by sahabas (ra) which is only possible if grave is high.

Imam Ibn Hibban (rah) -the great Muhadith from Islaaf as Saliheen (rah) [d. 354 AH] said regarding visitation to tomb of Imam Ali Raza bin Musa (ra): I have done ziyarah of his tomb many times, during my stay at Tus, whenever I got into any difficulty I went to the grave of Imam Musa raza (ra) and asked Allah for the fulfillment of my need, every time I was answered and my difficulty was removed. This is such a reality that I found it to be true nomatter how many times I did it May Allah grant us death in the true love for Prophet (ﷺ) and his blessed Ahlul Bayt. [Ibn Abi Hatim Razi, Kitab al Thiqat, Volume No. 8, Page No. 457, Number: 14411]
Note: Tombs ,Shrines [mizars] are only build around graves of Prophets

[alehislam]

and awliyas [rah], Not public graves.

The curse upon Jews and Christians was not for having graves within a closed place or a house(bayt). For if that was the case then it would imply that the sahabah took the caution of the curse of Prophet (ﷺ) against Jews and Christians by doing the very act that brought about the curse.

The concept of taking the grave as masajid, has got nothing to do with whether the grave is in a closed building or a open place.

This also proves that the one who claims such closed structures over tombs should be destroyed as it “leads to shirk” or “immitation of Jews and Christians” are wrong, as the sahabah instead feared that the open place would lead to imitation of Jews and Christians rather than the closed structure.

 The meaning of prohibition of building over them is understood with the same meaning of prohibition of “sitting over them” or “stepping over them”. Just as prohibition of sitting or stepping over them does not prohibit sitting or stepping besides the grave, similarly the prohibition of building over them does not imply prohibition of building around them.

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