Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my grave a place for celebration, and…

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Hadith narrated by Narrated by Abu Dāwūd

Hasan

Hadith text: Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my…

عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لَا تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ؛ فَإِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ».

Explanation of the hadith: Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my…

Lessons: Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my…

• The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that houses be free from the worship of Allah Almighty.
• It is forbidden to travel to pay a visit to the Prophet's grave, as he commanded that when we invoke Allah's blessings upon him, they reach him. We may only travel to go to the mosque and pray there.
• It is prohibited to make visiting the Prophet's grave a form of celebration by repeating it in a specific way and at a specific time. This also applies to visiting any other grave.
• This points out the Prophet's high status in the sight of his Lord, as Allah Almighty made the invocation of His blessings upon him permissible from any place and at any time.
• As it was well established among the Companions that prayer must not be offered at graves, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade to make houses like graves where prayer is not performed.

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