Hanzala Usayyidi, r.a., who was amongst the scribes of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). reported: I met
Abu Bakr, r.a.. He said: Who are you? He (Hanzala) said:
Hanzala has turned to be a hypocrite. He (Abu Bakr) said:
Hallowed be Allah, what are you saying? Thereupon he said: I
say that when we are in the company of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) we ponder over Hell-Fire and
Paradise as if we are seeing them with our very eyes and
when we are away from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) we attend to our wives, our children, our business;
most of these things (pertaining to After-life) slip out of
our minds. Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I also experience the
same. So I and Abu Bakr went to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said to him : Allah's Messenger, Hanzala
has turned to be a hypocrite. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: What has happened to you? I
said: Allah's Messenger, when we are in your company, we are
reminded of Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them
with our own eyes, but whenever we go away from you and
attend to our wives, children and business, much of these
things go out of our minds. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if
your state of mind remains the same as it is in my presence
and you are always busy in remembrance (of Allah), the
Angels will shake hands with you in your beds and in your
paths but, Hanzala, time should be devoted (to the worldly
affairs) and time (should be devoted to prayer and
meditation). He (the Holy Prophet) said this thrice.
Sahih Muslim
Book 37, Number 6623
with Thanks to Sis.Kristi
Turkey
President Trump has clamped sanctions on Turkey basically at
the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Interior.
Turkey has ridiculed the sanctions.
Turkey says it will go to International Court to get the Jet
Fighters for which it paid the US and which the US is
withholding.
The conflict arises from the arrest of an American pastor in
Turkey whom Turkey says was working with rebel Kurdish
groups and supported Gulem who lives in Pennsylvania. Turkey
considers Gulen the initiator of terrorisy plots in Turkey.
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BANGLADESH
Biggest outreach on Facebook.
Through Jamaat al-Muslimeen's page, we reached 17088 people
with our article on "The Agony of Bangladesh" by Dr. Firoz
Kamal. This is the bigget article on Bangladesh published in
English till now.
Most of the readers were in Bangladesh.
[On the border with Nigeria.]
Widespread clashes are reported from western Cameroon where
French speaking military forces of Cameroon are attacking
English speaking Cameroon villages. Entire villages have
been set on fire.
Both sides are Christians. Details are awaited.
Boycott Pro-Israeli Businesses.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen is again urging Muslims and concerned
non-Muslims to boycott businesses which support Israel.
Please check list of such businesses on:
NewTrendMag.org/boycott.htm
Soft Targets. Bombing them in Iraq or stabbing them in
Tajikistan is not right [nor in Central African Republic or
Kabul]
While IS is being bombed in Iraq, on July 29, four
westerners biking in Tajikistan were killed in Danghra.
south-east of the capitsl Dushanbe. Two of them were
Americans, one Dutch and one Swiss. Two others were injured.
IS has issued a video on the attack vowing supporti for Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi. [BBC]
On July 30, three Russian journalists were killed near the
town of Sibut in Central African Republic [CAR].
A Russian militia group named Wagner has been active in
Syria bombing Islamic State populations.
Now Wagner, for some hidden reason, has become active in CAR
and the three Russian journalists were publicizing
Wagner.
Muslim groups have been fighting Christian lynch mobs in
CAR.
August 1. The latest is that three people have been killed
in Kabul, one Indian, one Macedonian and one Malaysian,
probably for helping the regime. No details given.
Editorial
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PAKISTAN
Jamaate Islami Leader says Islamic parties got 5.5 Million
votes but US agenda is working because of Disunity.
by Qaiser Sharif
LAHORE, Aug. 1; Secretary General of the Jamaat e Islami,
Liaqat Baloch, has said that the massive rigging in the
elections to achieve the desired results preceded by the
dumping together of the so-called electables into a single
party and the ongoing trading of the independent assembly
members was nothing short of spreading thorns in the path of
Imran Khan's government. He was talking to the media after a
meeting of the local JI leaders and workers.
Liaqat Baloch said that in spite of every effort for PTI
victory, the party had not been able to secure majority and
the early days of late Muhammad Khan Junejo and Mir
Zafrullah Jamali seemed to be back again.
He further said that the religious parties had secured 5.5
million votes which proved that if the religious parties and
leaders stood united, the patriotic and Islam loving voters
who had supported the secular parties, would revert to the
religious block.
He said that the US was happy over the split in the
religious forces of the country and now it was a challenge
for the religious leadership whether they should continue to
serve the agenda of the enemy or endeavour to foil their
designs.
The JI Secretary General was happy that the opposition would
be strong. However, he said that the opposition parties
should refrain from taking any action against the
constitution and the democratic norms. He said that protest
against rigging was going on in the constituencies and it
would continue.
He urged the government to refrain from approaching the IMF
and instead find out other way and means to meet the
resources constraint.
War News
Syria
ISIS and regime Swap prisoners after heavy fighting. Jordan
& Israel Unitedly hit IS.
Air base attacked.
August 3. A surprise attack by Islamic State fighters on
Assad's Khalkhala air base in Suwaidaa province [east]
destroyed two warplanes and 6 drones. The regime has
arrested 120 people in the desert in efforts to find the
fighters. Air strike on IS positions in the desert are
ongoing.
August 1-2. Israeli and Jordanian militaries fired on
Islamic State fighters retreating along the cease fire line
of Golan Heights. Seven were killed. Assad's forces
massacred 54 familiy members of IS, including 8 women, as
they were leaving Yarmouk basin.
July 31. Constant air strikes and long range artillery
failed to defeat the Islamic State fighters [Jaysh Khalid
bin Waleed]. Constantly increasing casualties on both sides,
with no victory, induced the regime to swap hostages taken
by IS in he Suwaida attack [Druze area] with 100 IS
prisoners in the regime's prisons. Also, several hundreds IS
fighters [with weapons] and their families moved into
Suwaida province's eastern area through Russian
negotiations. Thus the regime can say it re-captured western
Deraa province though it could not militarily defeat
IS..
Al-Nusra struck regime area in western part of Aleppo
city.
Russian air strikes and Iranian artillery are hitting
mujahideen positions in Lattakia north and northern
countryside of Hama province.
Israeli defense minister Lieberman has expressed
satisfaction that Assad fregime has prevailed in Deraa
province.
Idlib province is packed with refugees [about two million].
Kurds [SDF] have expressed cooperation with Assad to attack
Idlib.
Iraq
Mujahideen re-grouping. New Protests in Basra at oil
wells.
August 2. Latest report is that widespread demonstrations
have started again in Basra, particularly at the oil wells.
Troops opened fire to keep the protestors away but could not
disperse them.
Basra's representatives are calling for turning Basra into
an autonomous region.
Saudi offer of solar energy has been rejected by Baghdad
under Iranian pressure.
July 31. A police colonel and his brother [rank not given]
were killed by gunmen on the Dujail to Baghdad road, Three
local shaikhs were killed by shia militia. Clashes followed
between Shia militia and local tribes men. Dujail has been
placed under curfew.
Growing IS attacks have led to air strikes on IS by US and
regime air force.
According to al- Jazeerah, there are two million people made
homeless by the war. Refugees from Fallujah and Anbar
province report lack of basic necessities.
[Al Jazeerah did not report that the entire city of Mosul
was destroyed by the Shia regime forces, Iran and the US air
force combined. It's entire population of one million is
homeless. [Mosul did not invite Shias regime to "liberate"
it. The Islamic State fought back, outnumbered 1 to 100 for
9 months.]
In July, 55 Shia regime forces were killed in the fighting
and 384 wounded [according to antiwar.com] The regime claims
to have killed hundred od ISIS but provides no evidenvce.
Syria
[Important Background]
How the Russian Genocide of Syrians "saved" Assad.
Note the kinds of bombs used.
About 18000 people have been killed by Russia in 34
consecutive months of operations, including more than 7900
civilians including about 3100 children and women
After it devoured the present existence of the Syrians and
their future, and after it obliterated their past beneath
the rubble caused by their missile and air strikes, Russia
continues to devour the flesh of the Syrian people, to
saturate its greed and silence the hunger of the blood
sucker of the Syrian people and its killers, to achieve its
personal interests in this country, taking over the reins of
most of what in it, where the Russian hand -which had the
biggest role in the displacement of the Syrian people and
changed their population map- did not succeeded in appearing
as a hand of peace, but rather as a lethal one that does
what it desires, sometimes its raises the pace of murder and
other time reduces it, but the victims are always the Syrian
people, causing thousands of casualties and wounded in 34
months of its participation in the direct military
operations on the Syrian territory, since the start of its
strikes on the 30th of September 2015, until the 30th of
June 2018, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
was able to document the death of 17997 civilians and
fighters of the rebel and Islamic Factions, Hayyaat Tahrir
al-Sham (al-Nusra Front formerly) and the "Islamic state"
organization, who were killed by thousands of airstrikes
which targeted several provinces of Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death
of 75 civilians including 19 children and 22 women, they
were killed in Russian raids since the 30th of April 2018
until the 30th of July 2018.
The casualties of 34 months of the Russian bombardment
were:
1904 children under the age of eighteen, 1187 citizen
women over the age of eighteen and 4837 males and young
men.
5201 members of the "Islamic state" organization.
4868 fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, Fath
al-Sham Front, the Islamic Turkestan Party, and fighters of
Arab and foreign nationalities.
It is worth mentioning that Russia recently used the
"Thermite" substance in their airstrikes, which is composed
of aluminum powder and iron oxide, and causes burns because
it continues to ignite for about 180 seconds, and it is
inside the bombs used by Russian warplanes in recent weeks
of bombing the Syrian territory, it is a cluster incendiary
bombs, its type is "RBK-500 ZAB 2.5 SM" which weighs about
500 kg (about 1100 pounds) dropped by the military
aircrafts, and carry small sized bombs anti-individuals and
anti-vehicles of the type ((AO 2.5 RTM)), between 50 -110
small sized bombs stuffed with "Thermite", which outpour out
of it when they explode, the range of this anti-individuals
and anti-vehicles bombs is between 20-30 meters.
On the other hand, the regime's warplanes and Helicopters
have finished their 9th months of the 4th consecutive year
of escalating their shelling on the Syrian territory from
east to west and from north to south, targeting the Syrian
cities, towns, villages and farms, by tens of thousands of
explosive barrels and raids, which cause great destruction
in the infrastructure and the public facilities and material
damage to the property of the citizens, leaving human losses
in every time, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights has documented since the 20th October 2014 until the
30th of July 2018, more than 139183 raids at least, carried
out by the warplanes and helicopter of Bashar al-Assad's
regime, where the helicopters bombed the Syrian Territory by
more than 68879 barrel bombs, while the warplanes carried
out 70304 raids at least.
This violent bombardment during the 45 months, has killed
thousands and injured tens of thousands, in tens of
massacres witnessed in the Syrian cities and areas, where
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented since
the 20th of October 2014 until the 30th of July 2018, the
death of 13001 civilian citizens, they are 2974 children
under the age of eighteen, 1970 citizen women over the age
of eighteen and 8057 men, all were killed the bombardment by
warplanes and helicopters, in addition to the killing, they
have also injured more than 78 thousands other civilians,
during 44 months, thousands of them have amputated limbs and
permanent disabilities.
The raids, airstrikes and bombing also resulted in to the
death of at least 7516 fighters from the rebel and Islamic
factions, Fath al-Sham Front, the "Islamic state", the
Islamic Turkestan Party and several other factions. The
raids, airstrikes and bombing also injured thousands of
others.
We in the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, although the
Russian side is continuing to declare allegations and lies
which assert that its warplanes and rocket strikes did never
kill citizens, still see that the Russian Federation - the
permanent member of the United Nations Security Council
(UNSC), is still continuing to kill Syrian citizens, amid
the continuation of the International Community's silence
and ignorance about these massacres and crimes committed
against the Syrian people, by Russia, which it carries out
under the pretext of fighting "terrorism", while the
International Community did nothing except media
condemnations through it and through its United Nations
special envoy to Syria about the ongoing crimes committed
against the Syrian people, and we, through publishing the
documented statistics of human losses, which the civilian
Syrians are their main victims due to the military
operations in Syria, seeking to send a message to the
international community, carried through the cries and pain
of the Syrian people, perhaps these shocking statistics,
cries and pain may move the conscience of this community to
act for the immediate sopping of the ongoing murders against
the Syrian citizens, and we renew our strong condemnation
against killing citizens in Syrian, and call on the UNSC and
the UN to work harder to stop the daily killing against the
Syrian citizens who seek to reach a state of liberty,
democracy, justice and equality, and to bring the criminals
to the specialized international courts, so they get their
punishment.
[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.]
Thought....
Inmates Lives Matter (too)
By Dennis S. Boatwright II
The brutal murder of scores of unarmed African American
males by mostly White police officers spurred the founding
of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Although the majority of confined African Americans
wholeheartedly cheer the growing international recognition
of the Black Lives Matter movement, many are asking: What
about us?
They point out that the same racially motivated attacks on
African American men by armed White law enforcement in
society is more intense, brutal, and occurs with greater
frequency inside the U.S. prison system. The difference,
they assert, is that the attacks on prisoners are impossible
to be recorded on cell phones as some police brutality
incidents are in society. It is very difficult to dismiss
these accusations as baseless. Recall that the ringleaders
in the most notorious prisoner-abuse scandal in modern
history was orchestrated and carried out by former prison
guards that were deployed to aid in the second invasion of
Iraq in 2003. In that scandal, ex-prison guard Charles
Graner and other personnel of the U.S. Army were
photographed inside Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison
committing the most despicable human rights violations that
included sexual abuse, torture and murder.
When one reads the graphic accounts of inmate abuse and
murder published in Prison Legal News and other human rights
publications, or listen to the harrowing personal accounts
of prisoners, something like an Inmate Lives Matter movement
is long overdue.
In one instance, five white supremacist California prison
guards blacked both eyes and broke the arm of a prisoner,
then placed the unconscious 19-year-old inmate in solitary
confinement because they were offended by a drawing of
Nelson Mandela he hung inside his cell wall. In another
incident, a Michigan inmate told an audience of concerned
citizens during a telephone interview that he got
transferred to a supermax prison because he was overheard
complaining to other prisoners about how they are forced to
eat molded bread and rotten apples and bananas in order to
save the Michigan Department of Corrections money.
In order to stop this form of oppression, the mistreatment
and physical abuse of prisoners should be treated as human
rights violations that fall under the protections of the
Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that explicitly
forbids cruel and unusual punishment of anyone. In spite of
8th Amendment protections, prison officials will fight tooth
and nail to maintain the status quo to protect their $80
billion annual budget. That is, they will continue to
violate the rights of prisoners because in the overall
scheme of things, prison officials and some U.S.
corporations profit from how prisons are ran.
Concerned citizens also must contact elected officials,
religious and community leaders, and prison employees to
voice disapproval of prisoner abuse. But expressing outrage
is not enough. Concerned citizens must roll up their sleeves
and get serious about this issue and form organizations to
effectively put and end to human rights abuses in U.S.
prisons.
(Dennis Boatwright II was himself incarcerated 24 years. His
confinement gave him first-hand knowledge of the
mistreatment and abuse of prisoners he writes about. He is
currently writing The Struggle Behind the Walls, a book that
highlights and explains prisoner-led resistance movements in
U.S. prisons that most in society are unaware of. On August
23, 2018 Dennis will be protesting in Lansing, Michigan to
show solidarity for a nationwide prisoner strike beginning
August 21st till September 9th.)
* First caption shows Dennis wearing Inmate Lives Matter
shirt.
* Second caption shows Dennis standing with a group of
organizers and attendees of a Lansing, Michigan event who
wanted to ask him questions regarding the thoughts he shared
with the audience.
Dennis can be reached at 313 397-7744, or
dsboatwright43@gmail.com
VIEWPOINT
Advice to Jamaate Islami Pakistan on Election Failure.
Failure of Sirajul Haq's policy. Joined hands with a person
of bad reputation like Maulana Fazlur Rahman.
by Hussain Khan in Japan.
[The writer is a scholar of repute, much respected in
Islamic circles.]
[On August 2, after reading this, JI leader Sirajul Haq did
not go to united opposition meeting. Looks like his
conscience is hurting him.[
I feel very sorry and shocked on the 100% failure of
respected Sirajul Haq policy because he joined hands with a
person of bad reputation. He lost his home-town seat of Dir
for the first time in his life. He used to be always elected
from there. I tried to telephone him in Mansoorah Markaz
Jamaat, Lahore 2 months ago . But unfortunately he was not
available and I left a message with the Secretary of Jamaat.
I tried to advise him to follow previous Amir Munawwar
Hasan's policy to remain away from the notorious Maulana
Fazlur Rahman.
Not only he, another Jamaat-e-Islami member of National
Assembly Mr. Qudratullah was also defeated in elections.
Jamaat-e-Islami lost its position what it had before the
elections. Success or failure of a policy is to be judged
from its results. Allah will reward him for the hard work he
did day and night visiting all over Pakistan and addressing
rallies. But results show that he and his colleagues have
lost their position what they had earlier. Instead of moving
forward, Jamaat-e-Islami has gone backward despite his
sincere efforts. It was because all his hard work and
sincere efforts were in totally wrong direction. Previous
Amir, Munawwar Hasan had the foresight to remain away from
Maulana Fazlur Rahman. But unfortunately respected Sirajul
Haq was trapped by the cunning Maulana.
I felt very shocked seeing him standing with a low head and
sullen face on the right side of MFR and Mr. Liaquat Baloch
on his left. MFR, who failed to win elections in Halqa 38
and Halqa 39 by PTI candidates, was taking the revenge of
his ignominious defeat in both elections by declaring that
MMA, rather All Parties led by him including ML (N) reject
national elections 2018 held in Pakistan. What a shameful
scene to see Jamaat-e-Islami leaders opposing a person who
says he wants to make Pakistan a welfare state on the
pattern of what our Prophet (PBUH) had set example in
Medinah!
Fortunately, this time he was available in Lahore to take my
phone from Japan. At the very outset I told him to resign
from the post of Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami. I explained why I
am asking for it. I had left for him a telephonic message 2
months ago requesting him to kindly not to join hands with
MFR. But unfortunately he acted otherwise. I elaborated to
him that this policy has led to disaster for
Jamaat-e-Islami. Hundreds and thousands of Jamaat voters
have shifted to PTI. Not only he was himself defeated for
the first time in his life in his own home town, but other
Jamaat MNAs like Mr. Qudratullah were also defeated.
Politically it was a big blunder to try to swim against the
tide of support foe PTI. Not only a political blunder, it is
wrong ideologically as well. It is also against the
fundamental policy of JI. It was not established to oppose
those who claim to establish an Islamic state like
Medinah.
He kept quiet on my request for resignation. I then quoted
to him a Maulana Maududi principle. It says that we are not
Power-crazy for ourselves. If someone else take up the job
of establishing an Islamic State, we will be supporting such
people. He then agreed to support Imran Khan if he does
anything good for Pakistan and also for any measure he takes
towards the direction of establishing a Medina-like welfare
Islamic state in Pakistan. he quoted that JI supported PTI
in its KPK provincial government but came out due to some
sad and bitter experiences. Even then, I insisted that he
should give a chance to IK to try for it. But his standing
together with MFR in APC meeting to oppose and boycott
elections is not a step in right direction. He also agreed
that he will disassociate with that policy of APC or MFR and
announce it after a meeting of Executive Council net
day.
But I saw on television screen next day that JI Executive
Council ended without any decision. Then next day I came to
know that a Shura Council meeting has been called on August
11 and 12. But I was happy to find that despite the failure
of Jamaat Executive council meeting and even before Shura
meeting, he fulfilled the promise he had made with me. He
announced next day what he had assured me to do. he declared
that he will not boycott the elections. While remaining on
the Opposition seats, HE WILL SUPPORT IMRAN KHAN FOR ALL HIS
RIGHTFUL MEASURES. He specifically mentioned his support for
IK, if he makes any move towards the establishment of any
Medina-like welfare state.
I am happy that the purpose of my phone has been achieved.
But the question arises why Executive meeting failed and why
a call is being made to call Shura so hurriedly. I pray
Shura meeting will decide to disassociate JI from MMA and
direct it to be coalition Partner of PTI despite all human
shortcomings of IK and his colleagues. We are not supposed
to judge them on the standards of JI.
It is a political and a pure political Party and not a
religious or religious-cum-political Party like JI.
PART II
Why I called it shameful? My readers will get reply to it,
if your read my following paragraphs which I had written in
the mail below 2 months ago.
"Maulana Maududi has emphasized it on several occasions that
we are not hungry for power. If someone is doing our job, we
will support him. Imran Khan is talking more of Islamic
Welfare State of Madinah than Jamaat-e-Islami itself.
Sirajul Haq is gradually separating himself from any such
continued support.
The Jamaat has forgotten its basic mission by involving
itself too much in day-to-day politics. Jamaat has not
forgotten but has overlooked and has become unmindful of its
basic mission of trying to work for implementation and
enforcement of Shariah in our country and for its
Islamization.
Now Imran Khan is teaching to the masses what Jamaat should
have done. He is preaching to the masses that we became and
remained Super Power of the world for 700 years until
Mongols overpowered us and Halaku Khan captured Baghdad
during about 1200 AD. He reminds to our people that as long
as we follow the principles of Islamic Welfare State of
Medinah, as taught by our Prophet (PBUH), we can again
become a great power. This lesson was given by Maududi to
Jamaal. Instead of trying to support such persons, who have
their ideal what Maududi had preached to Jamaat, Mr. Sirajul
Haq has become partner of someone who is rather a bitter
enemy of such a preacher in PTI.
This is also another contradiction of Mr. Sirajul Haq. On
the one hand, he had formed a coalition government with PTI
in KPK and had 3 Jamaat Ministers, on the other, he is also
a partner, rather working under the leadership of an enemy
of PTI like Maulana Fazlur Rahman. May Allah bless him,
endow him with Firasat-e-Momin and guide him to correct his
wrong policies and accept his all-out efforts in the way of
Allah. Ameen."
Commenting on Imran Khan victory speech New York Times has
commented that Imran Khan wants to implement 'welfare state
which Muhammad had established centuries ago.' Washington
Post has commented that he wants to establish 'an Islamic
Welfare State'.
Will it not be shameful for an Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami who
has decided to oppose a person and reject his (IK) being
elected, who is declaring to establish an Islamic Welfare
State which Muhammad (PBUH) had established centuries ago.
Imran Khan also declared to his listeners all over the
world, as his Victory speech was being broadcast LIVE all
over the world by the international media like BBC, CNN and
others that his ideal of ruling the country will be the same
as the saying of Hazrat Umar (RAT) that as a ruler he will
be responsible if a dog dies out of hunger on the banks of
river Fara. Had Maulana Maududi started Jamaat-e-Islami to
oppose such a ruler in Pakistan and become just a puppet of
a revengeful, defeated, notorious, cunning MFR. Have the
members of JI elected respectful Sirajul Haq to perform such
duties which are against the purpose and mission of JI?
Kind Regards,
Hussain Khan, Tokyo
Guidance
by Sis. Yasmin
How Should a Grave be Marked?
Based on Hadith from Ali, r.a.
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam
'ala Rasulillah'.
Is it permissible to put a Marker on a Grave
so that it will be known whose grave it is ?
The custom in some countries is to put a stone, concrete or a peg
at the head and foot of the grave, or sometimes just at the head.
What is the Islamic ruling on that ?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Islam forbids erecting structures over graves, and commands
that any such structures should be knocked down. But it is
permitted to put a marker on the grave so that the family
and friends of the deceased will know where it is. However,
this marker should not be a structure or anything else that
is not allowed in 'Sharee'ah'.
1 - With regard to the prohibition on erecting structures
over graves,
the evidence for that is as follows....
It was narrated that Jaabir said:
The Messenger of Allaah (Peace be upon him) forbade
plastering over graves, sitting on them and erecting
structures over them.
[Source~Narrated by Muslim ~ 970]
Al-Shawkaani said:
The phrase "erecting structures over them: indicates
that
it is haraam to build anything over a grave.
Al-Shaafa'i and his companions made the following
distinction:
if the structure is built on the property of the person who
builds it,
it is makrooh, and if it is in a public graveyard, it is
haraam.
But there is no evidence for making this distinction.
Al-Shaafa'i said: I saw the imams in Makkah ordering that
what
had been built (over graves) was to be knocked down.
The 'Hadeeth' of 'Ali (r.a.) also indicates that such
structures should be destroyed.
Nayl al-Awtaar, 4/132; the view of al-Shaafa'i is mentioned
in al-Umm, 1/277
The 'Hadeeth' of 'Ali (r.a) referred as quoted below.
With regard to the command to knock down structures that
have been built over graves, that is proven in the
Sunnah.
It was narrated that Abu'l-Hayaaj al-Asadi said:
'Ali ibn Abi Taalib said to me: "Shall I not send you on the
same mission as the Messenger of Allaah (Peace be upon him)
sent me ?
Do not leave any statue without erasing it,
and do not leave any raised grave without leveling it."
(Narrated by Muslim # 969).
Al-Shawkaani said:
The words "do not leave any raised grave without leveling
it" means that the Sunnah is that a grave should not be made
very high, and there should be no differentiation between
those who were virtuous and those who were not virtuous.
It seems that making a grave higher than the amount that is
permitted is haraam. This was clearly stated by the
companions of Ahmad and a group of the companions of
al-Shaafa'i and Maalik.
The view that it is not 'Haraam' because the earlier and
later generations
did that without anyone denouncing that action, as Imam
Yahya and al-Mahdi said in al-Ghayth, is not correct,
because the most that can be said is that they kept quiet
about it, and keeping quiet does not count as evidence if it
has to do with matters which are not definitive, and the
prohibition of making graves high is not definitive.
The making graves high that is mentioned in the 'Hadeeth'
especially includes the domes and shrines that are built
over graves, and the taking of graves as places of
worship.
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) cursed those who do
that.
(Nayl al-Awtaar, 4/130).
With regard to it being permissible to mark a grave with
something permissible, there is evidence in the 'Sunnah'
which explains that....
It was narrated from Katheer ibn Zayd al-Madani that
al-Muttalib said....
When 'Uthmaan ibn Maz'oon died, his bier was brought out and
he was buried, then the Prophet (Peace be upon him) ordered
a man to bring a rock but he was not able to carry it. So
the Messenger of Allaah (Peace and be upon him) stood up and
rolled up his sleeves.
Katheer said: al-Muttalib said: the one who narrated that to
me from the Messenger of Allaah (Peace be upon him)
said:
It is as if I can see the whiteness of the arms of the
Messenger of Allaah (Peace be upon him) when he rolled up
his sleeves. Then he carried it and placed it at the head
(of the grave), and said....
"From this I will recognize the grave of my brother, and I
can bury those among my family who die near him."
(Narrated by Abu Dawood~ # 3206)
[Source~The Isnaad of this Hadeeth was classed as hasan by
al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in al-Talkhees al-Habeer, 2/133).]
Ibn Qudaamah said:
There is nothing wrong with marking a grave with a stone of
a piece of wood. There is nothing wrong with a man marking a
grave so that he will know where it is.
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) marked the grave of
'Uthmaan ibn Maz'oon. Al-Mughni, 2/191.
And Allaah knows best.
Courtesy ~ Sis Yasmin.
~My 'Salaams' to All~
~ Y a s m i n ~
~*Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah*~
~Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the
Worlds'~
{'Quran'~Surat Al-'An'am - A# 6-162.}
