Tawheed And Shirk-Grave Worshipping

“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)

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 ‘Aisha and ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas that states:When the last moment of the life of Allah’s Apostle came he started putting his ‘Khamisa’ on his face and when he felt hot and short of breath he took it off his face and said, “May Allah curse the Jews and Christians for they built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets.” (Bukhari and Muslim under the chapter Masajid)

Hafidh Ibn Taymiyyah writes that no-one is aware of where any of the graves of the previous Prophets are, apart from the grave of the beloved Prophet Muhammad (saws) [ See Rad-dul Ahknai, Ibn Taymiyyah].So if we are not even aware of where any of the graves of the Prophets are then how could anyone worship them?

The only Christian Prophet is Isa (as), and he is still alive, so he cannot possibly have a grave. How then would Christians have bowed down to his grave?

This narration is true and that the Jews and Christians did build places of worship at the graves of their Prophets. Since the hadith does not suggest that they worshipped the Prophets, and there is no problem here if they are worshipping Allah alone. Also building a Masjid (place of worship) near a grave is permissible(18/21)

This verse proves that Muslims have built Mosques over (or near) the graves of the pious and Allah did not repudiate this practice. After all, the Mosque of the blessed Prophet (saws) is the most visited place of worship after the Kabah, and it encapsulates the grave of our beloved Prophet (saws).

Imam Bukhari writes Narrated ‘Aisha:When the Prophet became ill, some of his wives talked about a church which they had seen in Ethiopia and it was called Mariya. Um Salma and Um Habiba had been to Ethiopia , and both of them narrated its (the Church’s) beauty and the pictures it contained. The Prophet raised his head and said, “Those are the people who, whenever a pious man dies amongst them, make a place of worship at his grave and then they make those pictures in it. Those are the worst creatures in the Sight of Allah.”

From this we learn that the crime the people were committing was not in actual fact building a place of worship but was the placing of pictures in them! To make pictures is haram anyhow, and to make pictures of the Prophets and pious is even worse!

Imam Bukhari writes:Narrated ‘Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: My father bought a slave who practiced the profession of cupping. (My father broke the slave’s instruments of cupping). I asked my father why he had done so. He replied, “The Prophet forbade the acceptance of the price of a dog or blood, and also forbade the profession of tattooing, getting tattooed and receiving or giving Riba, (usury), and cursed the picture-makers.“

the reason for the Prophet cursing was not due to the fact that they built places of worship near the graves of the pious but because they made pictures and placed them in the place of worship.

there are two types of sajda (bowing down): one sajda is for worship and the other type is for respect. It is the same way that the angels bowed down to Adam (as) and when Sayyidina Yaqub (as) and his sons bowed down to Sayyidina Yusuf (as). It was merely as a sign of respect.

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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