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nasai:2028 – Yūsuf b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah forbade plastering over graves, building over them or sitting on them."  

النسائي:٢٠٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَقْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ أَوْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يَجْلِسَ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ  

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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ الْجُلُوسِ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ تَعْظِيمًا لَحُرْمَةِ مَنْ فِيهَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

ibnhibban:3165 – Muḥammad b. al-Mundhir b. Saʿīd > Yūsuf b. Saʿīd b. Muslim > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah forbade plastering over graves, building over them or sitting on them." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2028)   

ابن حبّان:٣١٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَقْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ وَأَنْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يُجْلَسَ عَلَيْهَا»  

nasai-kubra:2166 – Yūsuf b. Saʿīd > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah forbade plastering over graves, building over them or sitting on them." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2028)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢١٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَقْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ أَوْ يُبْنَى عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ»