We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at a funeral, and he said: ʿWho will go to Madinah and not leave any grave without levelling it, or any image without smearing it, or any idol without breaking it?ʿ A man stood up and said: I will. Then he felt afraid of the people of Madinah, so he sat down. ʿAli ؓ said: So I went, then I came back and said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I did not leave any grave in Madinah but I levelled it, or any image but I smeared it, or any idol but I broke it. He said: ʿWhoever goes back to doing any of that has disbelieved in what Allah revealed to Muhammad. O Ali, do not be a cause of division - or he said: a show-off - or a merchant, except a good merchant, for they are the ones who procrastinate in doing good deeds.”
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جَنَازَةٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَأْتِي الْمَدِينَةَ فَلا يَدَعُ قَبْرًا إِلا سَوَّاهُ وَلا صُورَةً إِلا طَلَخَهَا وَلا وَثَنًا إِلا كَسَرَهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ أَنَا ثُمَّ هَابَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَجَلَسَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَمْ أَدَعْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَبْرًا إِلا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَلا صُورَةً إِلا طَلَخْتُهَا وَلا وَثَنًا إِلا كَسَّرْتُهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَنْ عَادَ فَصَنَعَ شَيْئًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ يَا عَلِيُّ لَا تَكُونَنَّ فَتَّانًا أَوْ قَالَ مُخْتَالًا وَلا تَاجِرًا إِلا تَاجِرَ الْخَيْرِ فَإِنَّ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُسَوِّفُونَ فِي الْعَمَلِ