A research on the Hadith “اللهم لا تجعل قبری وثناً یعبد, oh Allah do not put my grave an idol to be worshiped”

Document Type : علمی - ترویجی

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* خارج فقه و اصول.
Abstract
In this article a hadith of Prophet Mohammad is analyzed.  The hadith which is mentioned mostly in Sunni and Wahhabi sources, says “oh Allah do not put my grave an idol to be worshiped”. After analyzing the chain of narrators and the content of this hadith it will be clear if it has been said by Prophet Mohammad or not. And if so, what did he mean by that. This hadith has been mentioned in some of Shia sources too. The writer of this article believes that the said hadith is fictitious. This understanding will be the main approach of this writing, and an analysis is given to prove this understanding. And we will shortly discuss its origins and why it is fictitious.
 
 
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