Sunan Abi Dawud · Funerals (Kitab Al-Janaiz)
باب فِي تَسْوِيَةِ الْقَبْرِ
Chapter: Levelling The Grave.
3 hadith · references 3218–3220
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Abu Dawud · 3218أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ! أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ ، وَلَا تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتُهُNarrated Abu Hayyaj al-Asadi: Ali said to me: I am sending you on the same mission as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me that I should not leave a high grave without leveling it and an image without obliterating it.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3219كُنَّا مَعَ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ بِرُودِسَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ ، فَتُوُفِّيَ صَاحِبٌ لَنَا ، فَأَمَرَ فَضَالَةُ بِقَبْرِهِ فَسُوِّيَ ، ثُمّ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَأْمُرNarrated Abu Ali al-Hamdani: We were with Fudalah bin Ubaid at Rudis in the land of Rome. One of our Companions dies, Fudalah commanded us to dig his grave; it was (dug and) levelled. He then said: I heard the Messenger 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3220، قَالَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ :Narrated Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr: I said to Aishah! Mother, show me the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his two Companions (Allah be pleased with them). She showed me three graves which were neither high5 narrators