Question
The Barelwi says that the proof for the permissibility of plastering and building the graves are that even the graves of Ibn Taimiyyah, Imaam Bukhaari and many other senior personalities have been built. He says that there is ta-aamul of the early Muslims on this practice.
Answer
Plastering and building graves were undoubtedly ta-aamul of the past, but it was the ta-aamul of the juhala and the bid'atis. What the juhala and bid'atis did to the graves of Ibn Taimiyyah and others does not constitute daleel in the Shariah. Plastering and building the graves are haraam.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 24 No 07
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- 2
Appears under HOLDINGS HOLDINGS (approximate).