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.”
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
