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ibnmajah:1563 – ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Jābir

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade writing anything on graves.”  

ابن ماجة:١٥٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ شَىْءٌ  

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ibnhibban:3163 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade writing anything on graves.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1563)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَى الْقَبْرِ»