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warning against what they had done.
Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
“Were it not for that, his grave would have been left in the open; but he did not want it to be taken as a place of worship.” (1)
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It is also reported in the two Sahih collections that “during his illness, a church in Abyssinia was mentioned to him, and mention was made
(1) This hadith was cited earlier, 1
يُحَذِّرُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ.
قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا:
وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَأَبْرَزَ قَبْرَهُ وَلَكِنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُتَّخَذَ مَسْجِدًا»
(١)
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وَفِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ أَيْضًا أَنَّهُ «ذُكِرَ لَهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ كَنِيسَةٌ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَذُكِرَ
(١) مَضَى الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ قَبْلُ ١