Qabuuraha in la bur buriyo maxaay diintu ka qabtaa

[Ismahaan]

Dood Islamic ah ma banaan tahay in qabuuraha la bur buriyo

[Nur]

Ismahaan sis

 

There are many Prophetic traditions ( Hadeeth) that prohibit worshiping at graves, or the graves themselves and rules of how high they should be built as a control of taking them as an idol, and if graves are found to be built in violation of the Traditions of the Prophet SAWS, to cut them to proper height ( TASWIYATUL QUBUUR- heap of sand)

 

The Hadeeths in this caregory are over 40 hadeeths, but the gist of them are:

 

 

1. Christians and Jews have taken their prophets graves as Churches and Synagogues, so it was forbidden for Muslims to do the same.

 

2. Christians in Abyssinia ( present day Ethiopia/Eritrea/parts of Somalia) used to worship at the grave of their saints. The companions reported to the Prophet after their return from exile in Abyssinia, and as a result the Prophet forbade their construction and worship.

 

3. The prophet SAWS ordered the downsizing of graves ( Taswiyah) in a funeral, the Tirmidhi hadeeth the prophet SAWS said: Who can go to Madina , to destroy all idols, downsize all graves (to acceptable height not exceeding a heap of sand around thirty centimeters), and to deface all ( Idol) pictures.

 

A man said, " I can do it O prophet of Allah" he went to Madina and came back and said " O Messenger of Allah, I broke all idols, and downsized all graves, and defaced all (idol) pictures.

 

The Messenger of Allah SAWS said:

 

Whoever does that again( Idolatry, Raising graves for worship, or drawing idol pictures for worship), has declared open disbelief ( Kufr) of that which Allah has revealed on Muhammad SAWS

 

 

Nur