Section: It is disliked to sit on a grave, to lean upon it, to support oneself against it, to walk upon it, or to defecate between graves, because of the aforementioned Hadith of Jabir, and in the Hadith of Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi: "Do not sit upon graves and do not pray towards them." (Authentic) (31). It was mentioned to Ahmad that Malik interprets the Hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, regarding the prohibition of sitting on graves, to mean for the purpose of relieving oneself. He said: "This is of no consequence," and he did not favor Malik's opinion. Al-Khallal narrated with his chain of transmission from 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "That I should tread upon a live coal or a sword is dearer to me than that I should tread upon the grave of a Muslim, and I do not care whether I relieve myself in the midst of the graves or in the midst of the market." Narrated by Ibn Majah (32).
Section: It is not permissible to use lamps upon graves, due to the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: "Allah has cursed the women who visit graves and those who take them as mosques and place lamps upon them." Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i (33). The wording is: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, cursed..." If it were permitted, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would not have cursed the one who does it.
(31) Extracted by Muslim in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Sitting on a Grave and Praying Towards It, from the Book of Funerals. Sahih Muslim 2/668. And Abu Dawud in: The Chapter on the Dislike of Sitting on a Grave, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/194. And al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding the Dislike of Treading Upon Graves, Sitting Upon Them, and Praying Upon Them, from the Chapters on Funerals. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/270. And al-Nasa'i in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Praying Towards a Grave, from the Book of the Qibla. al-Mujtaba 2/53. And Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 4/135. (32) In: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding the Prohibition of Walking Upon Graves and Sitting Upon Them, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/499. (33) Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i did not narrate it with this wording: "Allah has cursed...", rather al-Bayhaqi extracted it with this wording in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding the Prohibition of [Women] Visiting Graves, from the Book of Funerals. al-Sunan al-Kubra 4/78. Imam al-Suyuti attributed it with this wording to the authors of the Sunan and the Musnad from several chains of narration, but we have not encountered any of them. See: Jam' al-Jawami' 1/643. It was extracted with the wording: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, cursed..." by Abu Dawud in: The Chapter on Women Visiting Graves, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/196. And al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding the Dislike of Taking a Grave as a Mosque, from the Chapters on Prayer, and abridged in: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding the Dislike of Women Visiting Graves, from the Chapters on Funerals. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/16, 4/276. And al-Nasa'i in: The Chapter on the Severity Regarding the Use of Lamps Upon Graves, from the Book of Funerals. al-Mujtaba 4/77. And Ibn Majah abridged in: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding the Prohibition of Women Visiting Graves, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/502. And Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 1/229, 287, 324, 337, and abridged in: 2/337, 356, 3/442, 443.
