{"id":37136,"date":"2021-10-14T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T07:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/?p=37136"},"modified":"2021-10-19T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T08:45:28","slug":"graven-images-high-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2021\/10\/14\/graven-images-high-graves\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadith on Shirk: Effacing graven images, leveling high graves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abu al-Hayyaj reported: Ali ibn Abi Talib said to me, \u201cShall I not send you upon the mission with which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent me? 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