Those are a people who, when a righteous slave or a righteous man from among them dies, th…

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Hadith text: Those are a people who, when a righteous slave or a rig…

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ المؤمنين رضي الله عنها: أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ذَكَرَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَنِيسَةً رَأَتْهَا بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ، يُقَالُ لَهَا مَارِيَةُ، فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ مَا رَأَتْ فِيهَا مِنَ الصُّوَرِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ إِذَا مَاتَ فِيهِمُ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ، أَوِ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ، بَنَوْا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ مَسْجِدًا، وَصَوَّرُوا فِيهِ تِلْكَ الصُّوَرَ، أُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ الْخَلْقِ عِنْدَ اللهِ».

Explanation of the hadith: Those are a people who, when a righteous slave or a rig…

Lessons: Those are a people who, when a righteous slave or a rig…

• It is prohibited to build mosques over graves, pray at graves, or bury the dead in mosques to block the means to Shirk (polytheism).
• Building places of worship over graves and putting images therein are practices of the Jews and Christians. So, whoever does this has acted like them.
• It is prohibited to acquire images of living beings.
• Whoever builds a mosque over a grave and puts images therein is one of the most wicked people.
• The Shariah is keen on fully protecting the soundness of Tawhīd (monotheism), as it blocks all means that may lead to Shirk.
• Exaggeration in honoring righteous people is prohibited because it leads to falling in Shirk.

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