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Sunan Abi Dawud 3218 (Book 21, Hadith 130) #23508
Leveling High Graves and Obliterating Images

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) sent Ali on a mission to level high graves and obliterate images.

Narrated Abu Hayyaj al-Asadi: 'Ali said to me: I am sending you on the same mission as the Messenger of Allah sent me that I should not leave a high grave without leveling it and an image without obliterating it.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هَيَّاجٍ الأَسَدِيِّ، قَالَ بَعَثَنِي عَلِيٌّ قَالَ لِي أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَنْ لاَ أَدَعَ قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلاَّ سَوَّيْتُهُ وَلاَ تِمْثَالاً إِلاَّ طَمَسْتُهُ

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grave  *  image  *  obliterating  *  leveling

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect for the dead by not building high graves, forbidding idolatry by not making or keeping any images of people or animals .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the mission that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) sent Ali on. He was instructed to level high graves and obliterate images. This hadith teaches us that we should respect the dead by not building high graves, as this is considered disrespectful in Islam, and also to not make or keep any images of people or animals as this is also forbidden in Islam. We should remember that Allah alone should be worshipped, so no other form of worship should be practiced such as making idols or statues of people or animals.

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