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Building Structures Over Graves

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Darussalam · Volume 3

BOOK 20. THE BOOKOF FUNERALS

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الحديث: 3227 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 216

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3227. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “May Allāh curse the Jews, for they took the graves of their Prophets as places of Masjid (prostration).” (Sahih)

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3227 - حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ الْيَهُودَ اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ»

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Building places of worship over graves is among the things prohibited in Islam.