Undesirability Of Taking The Grave As A Masjid
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. The Chapters On Ṣalāt (As Narrated) From Allāh's Messenger ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 320 · Volume 1 · Page 320
Da‘if · qualified assessment
ضعيف، و، الصحيحة بلفظ: "زوارات" دون "السرج" ، ابن ماجة (١٥٧٥)
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320. Ibn ‘Abbās narrated: “Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ cursed the women who visit the graves, and those who use them as Masājid and put torches on them.” (Da'if) He said: There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah and ‘Aishah. Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ibn ‘Abbās is a Hasan Hadīth. [Abū Ṣāliḥ (one of the narrators) is the freed slave of Umm Hānī’ bint Abī Ṭālib. His name is Bādhān, and they also say it is Bādhām.]
٣٢٠ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَائِرَاتِ الْقُبُورِ» وَالْمُتَّخِذِينَ عَلَيْهَا الْمَسَاجِدَ وَالسُّرُجَ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَعَائِشَةَ. حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ.
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Women's wailing and crying over the graves, demonstrating indecency in dress or committing acts contrary to the Shari'ah is impermissible, but if they visit the graves merely for learning a lesson for the Hereafter and to take heed, which will decrease the interest of worldly life and increase the concerns about the Hereafter, then they are allowed. Likewise constructing a building over a grave or to kindle a lamp or candle over it is also prohibited.