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Muwatta Malik 416

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “O Allah! Do not make my grave an idol that is worshipped. The anger on those who took the graves…

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وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ قَبْرِي وَثَنًا يُعْبَدُ اشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللَّهِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ اتَّخَذُوا قُبُورَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ مَسَاجِدَ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “O Allah! Do not make my grave an idol that is worshipped. The anger on those who took the graves of their Prophets as places of prostration was terrible.”

রেওয়ায়ত ৮৫. আতা ইবন ইয়াসার (রহঃ) হইতে বর্ণিত, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলিয়াছেনঃ হে আল্লাহ্! আমার কবরকে পূজ্য মূর্তি বানাইও না। সেই সম্প্রদায়ের উপর আল্লাহর ক্ষোভ প্রবল হইয়াছে, যে সম্প্রদায় তাহাদের নবীগণের কবরকে মসজিদ বা সিজদার জায়গা বানাইয়া লইয়াছে।

عطاء بن یسار سے روایت ہے کہ فرمایا رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے اے پروردگار مت بنا قبر میری کو بت، کہ لوگ اس کو پوجیں بہت بڑا غضب اللہ کا ان لوگوں پر ہے جہنوں نے اپنے پیغمبروں کی قبروں کو مسجد بنا لیا۔

Telah menceritakan kepadaku dari Malik dari [Zaid bin Aslam] dari [Atha bin Yasar], bahwa Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Ya Allah, janganlah Engkau jadikan kuburku sebagai berhala yang disembah. Sangatlah keras murka Allah terhadap suatu kaum yang menjadikan kubur Nabi Nabi mereka sebagai masjid

Ata b. Yesar'dan: Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem şöyle dua etti: «Allah'ım, kabrimi ibadetgah yaptırma! Nebilerinin kabrini mescid haline getiren ümmete Allah'ın gazabı şiddetli olur.» Diğer tahric: İbn Abdilber der ki: "Bu hadisin mürsel oluşunda, Malik'ten bir ihtilaf naklediîmemiştir

Muwatta Malik 416, Book 9, Shortening the Prayer, Hadith 91. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated to his Lord to not make his grave like an idol that people worship by extolling it and facing it in prostration. Then, he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that Allah Almighty banished and expelled from His mercy those who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship, for taking them as places of worship is conducive to worshiping and having faith in them.

What it teaches

  • Exceeding the limits set by the Shariah with regard to the graves of the prophets and the righteous people turns them into idols worshiped apart from Allah. So, we should beware of the means leading to Shirk (polytheism).
  • It is not permissible to visit the graves to show reverence to them and perform worship there, regardless of the closeness of those buried to Allah.
  • It is prohibited to build mosques over the graves.
  • It is prohibited to perform prayer at the graves, even if no mosque is built there, except for prayer for a dead person upon whom the funeral prayer has not been offered.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Malik back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MalikCompiler, died 179 AH
  2. 2Malik ibn AnasFrom, Third generation, died 178 AH
  3. 3Zayd ibn AslamFrom, Successor, died 135 AH
  4. 4Ata ibn YasarFrom, Successor, died 94 AH

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