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ahmad:14647 – Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbid a man from sitting on a grave, or from wailing and tearing his garments, or from building over it.  

أحمد:١٤٦٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَقْعُدَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ أَوْ يُقَصَّصَ أَوْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهِ  

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abudawud:3225 – Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbid to sit on the grave, to plaster it with gypsum, and to build any structure over it.  

أبو داود:٣٢٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يُقْعَدَ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ وَأَنْ يُقَصَّصَ وَيُبْنَى عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:14148 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbid to sit on the grave, to plaster it with gypsum, and to build any structure over it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3225)   

أحمد:١٤١٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَنْهَى أَنْ يُقْعَدَ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ وَأَنْ يُقَصَّصَ أَوْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:14149 – Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Jābir

I heard the Prophet ﷺ forbid to sit on the grave, to plaster it with gypsum, and to build any structure over it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3225)   

أحمد:١٤١٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ قَالَ جَابِرٌ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى أَنْ يَقْعُدَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ وَأَنْ يُجَصَّصَ أَوْ أَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهِ