Hadith on Graves: Plastering, writing, and sitting on graves

Jabir reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited plastering over graves, writing upon them, building over them, and treading upon them.

Al-Tirmidhi said, “Some of the scholars granted a concession, among them Al-Hasan al-Basri, to put clay over the graves. Al-Shafi’i said: There is nothing wrong with putting clay over a grave.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1052

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani

عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تُجَصَّصَ الْقُبُورُ وَأَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهَا وَأَنْ تُوطَأَ

قال الترمذي وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ العِلْمِ مِنْهُمْ الحَسَنُ البَصْرِيُّ فِي تَطْيِينِ القُبُورِ وقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يُطَيَّنَ القَبْرُ

1052 سنن الترمذي كتاب الجنائز باب ما جاء في كراهية تجصيص القبور والكتابة عليها

2/360 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن صحيح في سنن الترمذي

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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