Dars e Imam-Masjid Grave
“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)
Moreover, Tabarani, in his “al-Mu’jam al saghir”, reports
a hadith from ‘Uthman ibn Hunayf that a man repeatedly visited Uthman ibn Affan
(Allah be pleased with him) concerning something he needed, but Uthman paid no
attention to him or his need.
The man met Ibn Hunayf and complained to him about the matter – this being
after the death (wisal) of the Prophet ﷺ and after the caliphates of Abu Bakr and Umar – so Uthman ibn Hunayf, who was one of the
Companions who collected hadiths and was learned in the religion of Allah, said:
“Go to the place of ablution and
perform ablution (wudu), then come to the mosque, perform two rak’as of prayer
therein, and say:’O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through our Prophet
Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy; O Muhammad (Ya Muhammad), I turn through you to
my Lord, that He may fulfill my need,’ and mention your need. Then come
so that I can go with you [to the caliph Uthman].” So the man left and did
as he had been told, then went to the door of Uthman ibn Affan (Allah be
pleased with him), and the doorman came, took him by the hand, brought him to
Uthman ibn Affan, and seated him next to him on a cushion. ‘Uthman asked,
“What do you need?” and the
man mentioned what he wanted, and Uthman accomplished it for him, then he said,
“I hadn’t remembered your need until just now,” adding,
“Whenever you need something, just mention it.” Then, the man
departed, met Uthman ibn Hunayf, and said to him, “May Allah reward you!
He didn’t see to my need or pay any attention to me until you spoke with
him.” Uthman ibn Hunayf replied, “By
Allah, I didn’t speak to him, but I have seen a blind man come to the Messenger
of Allah ﷺ and complain to him of the loss of his eyesight. The
Prophet ﷺ said,
“Can you not bear it?’ and the man replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I do
not have anyone to lead me around, and it is a great hardship for me.’ The Prophet ﷺ told him,
‘Go to the place of ablution and perform ablution (wudu), then pray two rak’as
of prayer and make the supplications.'” Ibn Hunayf went on, “By Allah, we
didn’t part company or speak long before the man returned to us as if nothing had ever been wrong with him.””Al-Tabarani
declared this report to be rigorously authentic ,sahih al-Haithami in his
Majma‘ al-Zawà’id, p. 179, vol. 2 rigorously authentic ,sahih al-Mundhiri in his al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib
rigorously authentic ,sahih
Imam Ibn Jarir (Rahimuhullah) writes in his Tafsir at Tabri: The
Mushrikeen said: We will build a building over it and worship Allah in it but
the Muslims said: We have more right over them and we will surely “BUILD A MOSQUE” so that we can pray there and worship Allah.
[Tafsir at-Tabri (15/149)
Mullah Ali Qari (rah) writes in detail and gives perfect clarification by
saying:
Anyone who builds a mosque near the
grave of an upright person or prays in the tomb (Maqbara) or intends to ask for
help through the Ruh of that upright person or intends to seek barakah from his
left overs, If he does all that without the intention of giving him Tazeem or
doing tawajuh towards him ( in prayer) “Then there is nothing wrong in that,
don’t you see that Grave of Hadrat Ismail(A.S) is inside the Masjid ul Harram
near the hateem and to Pray there is Superior than anything else ” however to
pray near the graves is only forbidden when the soil becomes dirty because of
Najasat of deceased… In the Hateem near Hajr al Aswad and Mizaab there are
“Graves of 70 Prophets” [Mirqat, Sharh al Mishqaat, Volume No. 2, Page
No. 202]
Imam Abu Hayyan al Andalusi (rah) said: The person who told to make a building
over them was a Kafir woman, she told to make a Church over them where deeds of
Kufr can take place, however the
momineen stopped her and made a Masjid over there instead [Tafsir Bahr
al Muheet, Volume No. 7, Page No. 158]
Imam Qurtubi had also mentioned this in his Tafsir under 18/21
Allama Ibn Jawzi (rah) who is considered the most strict scholar
and revered highly by — Muslims, he states in his Tafsir under 18:21Ibn
Qutayba (rah) said that the Mufasireen said: People who made Masjid were the (Muslim) King and his Momineen
companions [Tafsir Zaad ul Maseer, Volume No. 5, Page No.124]
Narrated by Ibn Umar (RA) from Prophet ﷺ who said: In (fi) the
Mosque of al-Khayf there is Qabr of 70 Prophets (together) –- Imam al
Haythami said that it is narrated by Al-Bazzar and “all its narrators are trustworthy”
(i.e. Hadith is absolutely sahih) It is narrated by “Imam Ibn hajr al
Haythami in Majma az Zawaid, Volume No. 3 Bab fi Masjid al Khayf, Hadith
#5769”
Let’s settle the score on the issue of “SHAPE OF GRAVE” The great Hanafi Muhadith, Imam Muhammad Ibn al-Hassan Ash-Shaybani (rah)
allocates a whole chapter to this with title:“BUILDING A MOUND
OVER THE GRAVE…”
Abu Hanifa informed us from Hammad that Ibrahim said: Someone informed me that they had seen the
grave of Prophet ﷺ the grave of Abu Bakr (ra), and the grave of Umar (ra) with
“mounds on top of them protruding prominently from the ground” and on them
pieces of white clay.
Imam Muhammad said: We (Ahnaaf) adhere
to this, the grave is marked with a prominent mound, but it is not to be made
in the form of a square and that is the “Verdict of Abu Hanifa” [Kitab
ul Athaar, Page No. 145, Published by Turath Publishing]
The great Hanafi scholar i.e. Mullah Ali Qari (Rahimuhullah)
writes in his magnificent Mirqaat Sharh al Mishqaat:The early Muslims (Salaf) have considered it Mubah (i.e. allowed) to
build over the graves of famous Mashaikh and Ulama so that people can visit
them and sit there (easily) [Mirqaat Sharh al Misshqaat, Volume No. 4,
Page No. 69]
Duniya =as per requirement
Barzack =starts after death till day of qiyamah
Ahkirat =eternal /after day of judgement in jannah.
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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