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the people of Noah. When they died, the people remained devoted to their graves. As time passed, they made statues in their likeness and then worshipped them. (1)
It is established in the Sahih (2) that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:
“Do not sit upon graves or pray toward them.” (3)
[It is established in] Sahih Muslim and elsewhere (4), on the authority of Abū al-Hayyāj al-Asadī, who said: ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib said [to me] (5):
“Shall I not send you on the same mission upon which the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—sent me: to leave no elevated grave without leveling it and no image without effacing it?” (6)
Thus, he coupled the effacement of images with the leveling of elevated graves, because both constitute a means to (7)
(1) This report is narrated in substance from Ibn Abbās in Sahih al-Bukhārī, 6/16 (Book of Tafsīr, the surah beginning “Indeed, We Sent…”). See also Ibn Kathīr’s commentary on verse 23 of Surah Noah.
(2) The phrase “in the Sahih” is absent from (A) and (B).
(3) The hadith of Abū Marthad al-Ghanawī—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in Sahih Muslim, 2/668 (Book of Funerals, chapter on the prohibition of sitting on graves and praying toward them); Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 3/294 (Book of Funerals, chapter on the reprehensibility of sitting on graves); Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 2/257 (Book of Funerals, chapter on reports concerning the reprehensibility of treading on graves and sitting on them); Sunan al-Nasā’ī, 2/53 (Book of the Qiblah, chapter on the prohibition of praying toward graves); and al-Musnad (al-Halabī ed.), 4/135.
(4) (N) and (M): “and in Sahih Muslim and elsewhere.”
(5) “To me” is an addition in (A) and (B).
(6) The hadith of Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him—is found in Sahih Muslim, 2/666–667 (Book of Funerals, chapter on the command to level graves); Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 3/291 (Book of Funerals, chapter on leveling graves); Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 2/256 (Book of Funerals, chapter on reports concerning the leveling of graves); Sunan al-Nasā’ī, 4 (Book of Funerals, chapter on leveling graves when they have been raised); and al-Musnad (al-Maārif ed.), 2/105, 236–237.
(7) (N), (M), and (A) read: *li-anna kilāhumā* (“because both of them”). The reading adopted in the text, *li-anna kilayhimā*, is from (B) and is correct.
قَوْمِ نُوحٍ لَمَّا مَاتُوا عَكَفُوا عَلَى قُبُورِهِمْ، فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ، فَصَوَّرُوا تَمَاثِيلَهُمْ ثُمَّ عَبَدُوهُمْ.
(١)
وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي الصَّحِيحِ
(٢)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
«أَنَّهُ قَالَ:
" لَا تَجْلِسُوا عَلَى الْقُبُورِ وَلَا تُصَلُّوا إِلَيْهَا» "
(٣)
.
[وَقَدْ ثَبَتَ فِي]
صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ وَغَيْرِهِ
(٤)
عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيَّاجِ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ
[لِي]
(٥)
عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ:
«أَلَا أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ، وَلَا تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتُهُ»
(٦)
. فَقَرَنَ بَيْنَ طَمْسِ التَّمَاثِيلِ وَتَسْوِيَةِ الْقُبُورِ الْمُشْرِفَةِ؛ لِأَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا
(٧)
ذَرِيعَةٌ إِلَى
(١) الْأَثَرُ مَرْوِيٌّ بِمَعْنَاهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ ٦/١٦ (كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ، سُورَةُ (إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا) . وَانْظُرْ تَفْسِيرَ ابْنِ كَثِيرٍ لِآيَةِ ٢٣ مِنْ سُورَةِ نُوحٍ.
(٢) عِبَارَةُ " فِي الصَّحِيحِ ": سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (أ) ، (ب) .
(٣) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيِّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٦٦٨ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْجُلُوسِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِ) ؛ سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣/٢٩٤ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابٌ فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الْقُعُودِ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ) ؛ سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٢/٢٥٧ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ الْوَطْءِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ وَالْجُلُوسِ عَلَيْهَا) ؛ سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ ٢/٥٣ (كِتَابُ الْقِبْلَةِ، بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْحَلَبِيِّ) ٤/١٣٥.
(٤) ن، م: وَفِي صَحِيحٍ مُسْلِمٍ وَغَيْرِهِ.
(٥) لِي: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (أ) ، (ب) .
(٦) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - فِي مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٦٦٦ - ٦٦٧ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ الْأَمْرِ بِتَسْوِيَةِ الْقَبْرِ) ؛ سُنَنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ٣/٢٩١ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابٌ فِي تَسْوِيَةِ الْقَبْرِ) ؛ سُنَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ ٢/٢٥٦ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي تَسْوِيَةِ الْقَبْرِ) ؛ سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ ٤ (كِتَابُ الْجَنَائِزِ، بَابُ تَسْوِيَةِ الْقُبُورِ إِذَا رُفِعَتْ) ؛ الْمُسْنَدِ (ط. الْمَعَارِفِ) ٢/١٠٥، ٢٣٦ - ٢٣٧.
(٧) ن، م، أ: لِأَنَّ كِلَاهُمَا. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ب) وَهُوَ الصَّوَابُ.