Hadith 793
Hazrat Wathilah bin Asqa’ Laithi narrates that I heard Sayyiduna Abu Marthad Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: Do not sit on graves and do not pray facing towards them. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in the chain of this hadith, Imam Ibn Mubarak has added the intermediary of Abu Idris Khawlani between Bishr bin Ubaidullah and Wathilah bin Asqa’.
Hadith 794
حَدَّثَنَاهُ بُنْدَارٌ ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، حَدَّثَنِي بُسْرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِدْرِيسَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الأَسْقَعِ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمَرْثَدِ الْغَنَوِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِمِثْلِهِ
Sayyiduna Abu Marthad Ghanawi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard a narration similar to this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).