and at the same time attest that the Imams—may Allah be pleased with them—were the most diligent of people in adhering to the Sunnah, in calling others to it, and in warning against violating it. Yet how true are the words of Almighty Allah: “But there came after them successors who neglected the prayer and followed their desires, and so they will meet with ruin.”(1)

The chapters of the treatise are as follows:

Chapter One: The hadiths prohibiting turning graves into places of worship.
Chapter Two: The meaning of taking graves as places of worship.
Chapter Three: That making graves into places of worship is one of the major sins.
Chapter Four: Objections and their answers.
Chapter Five: The wisdom behind the prohibition of building mosques over graves.
Chapter Six: The reprehensibility of praying in mosques that are built over graves.