عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ عَامِلَ شُرْطَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَدْرِي عَلَى مَا أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أَنْحِتَ كُلَّ يَعْنِي صُورَةً وَأَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he sent an officer from his police and said to him: Do you know for what mission I am sending you? For the same task upon which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me: that I erase every image and level every grave.