Dars e Imam-Plastering

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Don’t Plaster the Grave Command of our Beloved Prophet ﷺ
Sahih Muslim Book 4, Hadith # 2116 -Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah (RAA) Rasulullah ﷺ forbade that the graves should be plastered, or they be used as sitting places (for the people), or a building should be built over them.
That’s obvious. No one builds over them. We build around them. The scholars have explained that plastering of graves is prohibited as in plastering heat is released. Whereas Placing stones over graves are proved sunnah. others scholars have said plastering is restricted to general populace in public graveyards as plastering takes up space and prevents more burial in the same place. But that does not apply to private grave and graves of awliya and ulema.

Sahi Muslim Book 4, Number 1083: Beware of those who preceded you and used to take the graves of their prophets and righteous men as places of worship, but you must not take graves as mosques; I forbid you to do that.

Prophet ﷺ forbade the white washing of graves, the building of structures over them, writing on then, or raising them above ground level. (Reported by Jabir in Sahih Muslim Eng. Trans. Vol. 2 hadith no. 2116, Sunan Abu Dawud vol. 2, Hadith no. 3219 and An Nasai )

Prophet ﷺ said,’If I were to walk on hot coals or on a sword, or if I were to mend my shoes using my feet, that would be better for me than if I were to walk on the grave of a Muslim. And it makes no difference to me if I were to relieve myself in the midst of the graves or in the middle of the market-place [i.e., both are equally bad].’” (Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 1567)

Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 23, Number 414:Narrated ‘Urwa:Aisha said, “The Prophet in his fatal illness said, ‘Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because they took the graves of their Prophets as places for praying.”‘ Aisha added, “Had it not been for that the grave of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)would have been made prominent but I am afraid it might be taken (as a) place for praying.

Dawud :: Book 10 : Hadith 2037 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Do not make your houses graves, and do not make my grave a place of festivity. But invoke blessings on me, for your blessings reach me wherever you may be.

Sahih Muslim Book 7 ,Number 3099: Allah’s Messenger ﷺ saying: Do not set out(Safar karo) on a journey (for religious devotion) but for the three mosques-for this mosque of mine (at Medina) the Sacred Mosque (at Mecca), and the Mosque al-Aqsa (Bait al-Maqdis)

— distortion of above hadiths already refuted.

Destory the Graves it’s commanded by Prophet
Sahih Muslim Book 4, Number 2115:-Abu’l-Hayyaj al-Asadi told that ‘Ali (b. Abu Talib) said to him: Should I not send you on the same mission as Allah’s Messenger ﷺ sent me? Do not leave an image without obliterating it, or a high grave without levelling It. This hadith has been reported by Habib with the same chain of transmitters and he said: (Do not leave) a picture without obliterating it .its referring to graves of mushrikeen. That’s why no sahabah went and destroyed the room of Aisha and flattened the elevated graves in it .

Imam Nawawi [r.h] writes in the sharah of this hadees: “To build a structure over the the grave if its owned, then its makrooh and if its common maqbara [shrine] then it’s haram. It has been clearly mentioned by Imam Shafi [r.h] and others.Shafi Said I have seen Imams in Makkah ordering to destroy Buildings on graves

b) Saying of Imam SHAFI RA can be found in Al Umm, Kitab al Janaiz, Chapter of Burial,What should be done after the burial “I have seen among the rulers some who destroyed what was built upon graves and I have not seen the Fuqaha blaming this”
The shafis differentiated public graveyard from private and laymen from those who are ulema, awliya and nabiyya refuting the batil views of –. Read all of the opinion of Imam shafi, Nawawi, Ramli, Rafi, Haythami , zakariya al ansari and others from the shafi madhab. — batil views with half quote distortion is refuted.

Why Prophet(sallal lahu aliwasalam) buried in Hujra of Mother Aisha?
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5963 -Narrated by Abu Bakr-When Allah’s Messenger ﷺ died the people disagreed about his burial, and Abu Bakr said he had heard something from Allah’s Messenger. He had said, “Allah takes a Prophet’s life only in the place where he wishes to be buried.” So he told them to bury him where his bedding lay.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3159-Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah-On the day of Uhud we brought the martyrs to bury them (at another place), but the crier of the Prophet ﷺ came and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has commanded you to bury the martyrs at the place where they fell.’ So we took them back.

Why Abu-Bakr(R.A) and Umer(R.A) buried Beside Prophet ﷺ
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I saw three moons fall into my room, and I related my vision to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Then, when the Messenger of Allah died, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and was buried in my house, Abu Bakr said to me, ‘This is one of your moons, and he is the best of them.’ ” (Muwatta Malik, Book*#16, Hadith*#16.10.30)

SubhanAllah this proves that Sahaba were buried beside Prophet ﷺ because the dream of a Prophet are also a part of Divine revelation Exactly. Revelation refutes misguided group distortion. the curse against Jews and Christians were for building masajid over their Prophets and righteous people. The most honoured Prophet and righteous followers in Muslim ummah are Muhammed ﷺ Abu Bakr(r), Umar (r). The fact their graves being within tombs was validated by not just the obvious understand of permissibility by sahabah but even by a miraculous vision [ which in misguided group liguistics is a ” Sufi myth” not being a evidence in shariah] to Aisha(r) leaves no room for misguided group distortion of hadith against tombs.

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