Evidence that the original cause and its consequent ruling remain in force … 116
The continual practice of the early generations upon that consequent ruling, with twelve illustrative examples … 118
ʿUthmān’s order to level the graves … 118
Reconciling ʿAlī’s report instructing that a grave be flattened with the permission to raise it by a handspan, and refuting al-Kawtharī and others for declaring the authentic report weak … 119
Abū Mūsā and others forbidding construction over a grave … 123
Anas and others deeming it reprehensible to build a mosque among graves … 124
ʿUmar’s prohibition against seeking blessing from the relics of the prophets … 124
A critical examination of the weak story that ʿUmar cut down the tree … 125
Ibn ʿUmar and Abū Baṣra forbidding travel to Mount Ṭūr … 127
The Family of the Prophet discouraging frequent visits to the Prophet’s grave and rubbing oneself against it … 127
His ﷺ prohibition against turning his grave into a place of recurring celebration … 128