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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الجنائزChapters: Regarding Funerals
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْبِنَاءِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ وَتَجْصِيصِهَا وَالْكِتَابَةِ عَلَيْهَاChapter: What was narrated concerning the prohibition of building over graves, plastering over them and writing on them
Hadith 1563
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ شَيْءٌ " .
´It was narrated that Jabir said:` “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade writing anything on graves.”
Brief Explanation
1؎: By writing on the grave is meant the inscription (katba) that people place on the grave, in which the date of death of the deceased and his qualities and virtues are recorded. Some scholars have said that the prohibition refers to writing the name of Allah or the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), or writing verses of the Qur’an, because at times an animal may defecate or urinate on it, which results in the disrespect of these things.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
From this it is understood that neither the name of the deceased nor the date of death should be written. Placing a stone or something similar as a marker is sufficient.
From this it is understood that neither the name of the deceased nor the date of death should be written. Placing a stone or something similar as a marker is sufficient.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1563
