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Grave Worship = Idol Worship

There are many sound and clear hadith concerning the unlawfulness of building mosques over graves or putting lights on them. Abu Hurairah reported: The Prophet(pbuh), said: `May Allah destroy the Jews, becaouse they used the graves of their prophets as places of worship.` (Bukhari & Muslim)

Aishah(ra) said: `The only reason the grave of Allah`s Messenger, peace be upon him, was not made prominent was to stop people from turning in into a mosque.`

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being a Muslim we all pray five times a day...
in our prayer we recite the verse given below 17 times or more a day -
` It is YOU (Allah) we worship and YOU (Allah) we ask for help.`
Holy Quran (1:5)
still many of us are ignorant or unaware of it`s meaning...
i.e., why people are associating partners with Allah...
( but they don`t agree with it, they say we are only recommending to those ` auliya` cause they are the `valiyh` of Allah )

Allah says in the Holy Quran

` Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing ?` (5:76)

it`s clearly understood from the above verse that Prayers and Worship is only for Allah..

still why we visit those graves for fulfilling our worldly needs and matters??

Our Beloved Prophet (pbuh) commanded : `Do not make an idol of my grave so that it be worshiped.`

On another occasion, Our Beloved Prophet (pbuh) said: ` O Allah! Do not let my grave become an idol which will be worshiped.`

even worshiping the grave of Prophet (pbuh) is prohibited, then on what basis can the worshiping of the graves of the ` Auliya ` be permissible??
think about it...

the acts people do perform at graves are -
* Making ruku of the graves.
* Making sajdah to the graves.
* Making ta`waaf of the graves.
* Kissing the graves.
* Decorating the graves.
* Placing foodstuff at the graves.
* Arranging festivals and fairs at the graves.
really these are the acts of SHIRQ

according to Islam, Prostratinon (sajdah) is to be rendered exclusively to Allah and Ta`waaf to the Holy Ka`bah..

Jabir reported : `The Prophet(pbuh) forbade the whitewashing of a grave, sitting on it, or erecting any structure on it.`
(Related by Ahmad, Muslim, Nasa`i, Abu Daw`ud, and Tirmidhi.)
so how come people decorating the graves when it is not allowed??

Said bin Al-Musayyib reported from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (pbuh) said, `you should not undertake a special journey to visit any place of worship other than the three Mosques: the Sacred Mosque of Makkah, this mosque of mine (in Madinah), and Al-Aqsa Mosque (of Jerusalem).`
Related by Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud..
well by knowing this Hadith how can people undertake journey to visit graves for worshiping..

Stop this evil practice cause it is not related to Islam..
it`s against Tawheed (oneness of God)...
may Allah guide us to right path...

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