عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَأَبِيهِ: لَأَبْعَثَنَّكَ فِيمَا بَعَثَنِي فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ وَأَنْ أَطْمِسَ كُلَّ صَنَمٍ
Hazrat Hayan says: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: I am sending you for a task for which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent me, and that was that I should level every grave and break every idol.