1. NARATED BY : AISHA VOLUME : 5: 213
Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned a church they had seen in Ethiopia and in the church there were pictures. When they told the Prophet of this, he said, "Those people are such that if a pious man amongst them died, they build a place of worship over his grave and paint these pictures in it. Those people will be Allah's worst creatures on the Day of Resurrection." 2. NARATED BY : URWA BIN AZ ZUBAIR VOLUME : 5: 725 'Aisha said, "The Prophet said during his fatal illness, 'Allah cursed the Jews for they took the graves of their prophets as places for worship.' " 'Aisha added, "Had it not been for that (statement of the Prophet) his grave would have been made conspicuous. But he was afraid that it might be taken as a place for worship." 3. NARATED BY : AISHA AND IBN ABBAS VOLUME : 4: 660 On his death-bed Allah's Apostle put a sheet over his face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, "May Allah's Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets." (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done. 4. NARATED BY : AISHA VOLUME : 2: 472 Allah's Apostle in his fatal illness said, "Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians, for they built the places of worship at the graves of their prophets." And if that had not been the case, then the Prophet's grave would have been made prominent before the people. So (the Prophet ) was afraid, or the people were afraid that his grave might be taken as a place for worship. SAHIH AL MUSLIM 1. HADITH NO : 1083 NARATED BY : JUNDUB IBN ABDULLAH I heard from the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) five days before his death and he said: I stand acquitted before Allah that I took anyone of you as friend, for Allah has taken me as His friend, as he took Ibrahim as His friend. Had I taken any one of my Ummah as a friend, I would have taken AbuBakr as a friend. Beware of those who preceded you and used to take the graves of their prophets and righteous men as places of worship, but you must not take graves as mosques; I forbid you to do that. 2. HADITH NO : 2116 NARATED BY : JABIR IBN ABDULLA Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade that the graves should be plastered, or they be used as sitting places (for the people), or a building should be built over them. 3. HADITH NO: 2114 NARATED BY : FADALAH IBN UBAYD Thumamah ibn Shafayy reported: When we were with Fadalah ibn Ubayd in the country of the Romans at a place (known as) Rudis, a friend of ours died. Fadalah ibn Ubayd ordered to prepare a grave for him and then it was levelled; and then he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) commanding (us) to level the grave. 4. HADITH NO: 2115 NARATED BY : ALI IBN ABU TALIB AbulHayyaj al-Asadi told that Ali ibn AbuTalib said to him: Should I not send you on the same mission as Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sent me? Do not leave an image without obliterating it, or a high grave without levelling it. This hadith has been reported by Habib with the same chain of transmitters and he said: (do not leave) a picture without obliterating it. May Allah guide us in the straight path! Allaahumma Yahdeenaa wa Billaahe at-Towfeeq. "O Allah, guide us and verily in Allah is all success" Abu Afnan Malhar -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:53 PM To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Subject: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Gambia: Thousand attend successful Sheikh Oumar Taal's Ziyaara _____ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40705/*http:/mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=c a> All-new Yahoo! Mail This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.