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Can the Hadith number for "O Allah, make not my grave an idol that is worshipped" be obtained, as it is mentioned in the Muwaṭṭaʾ?

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The Prophetic Hadith is narrated: "(O Allah, do not make my grave an idol that is worshipped; Allah's wrath intensified upon a people who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship)." And it was authentically narrated with the wording: "(O Allah, do not make my grave an idol; Allah cursed a people who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship)."

This Hadith indicates the prohibition of building mosques over graves, and intending to pray towards them, as well as the prohibition of polytheistic actions such as making vows or sacrificing at them. The imams of Islam have agreed upon this meaning and warned against glorifying a created being by making his grave a mosque, or taking the grave as a qiblah. Malik and others emphasized the dislike of frequenting graves and greeting them daily, lest the grave be treated like a mosque that is visited every day. Imam Malik's evidence for disliking the phrase "I visited the Prophet's grave" is his fear that such words might lead to the grave being taken as an idol to be worshipped. The imams have agreed on the impermissibility of building mosques over graves or hanging curtains over them, and the obligation to demolish any mosque built over a grave.

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