عن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: "إن من شرار الناس من تُدركهم الساعة وهم أحياء، والذين يتخذون القبور مساجد".
[حسن] - [رواه أحمد]
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‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the most wicked people are those who will be alive when the Hour comes, and those who take the graves as places of worship."
Hasan/Sound. - [Ahmad]

Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) tells us that those who will be alive and witness the advent of the Hour are the most evil of people, and that this includes as well those who pray at and towards the graves and build domes upon them. This is a warning from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) to his Ummah against following the practices of those evil people with regard to the graves of their prophets and righteous people.

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Benefits from the Hadith

  1. It establishes that the Hour will come.
  2. The Hour will come when the most wicked people are alive.
  3. It is prohibited to build mosques over the graves or to pray there without the existence of mosques, for a mosque is a term that refers to any place of worship even if no building stands there.
  4. It warns of praying at graves, for this is a means to polytheism.
  5. Those who take the graves of pious persons as places of worship are the most wicked among people, even if they intend to attain closeness to Allah.
  6. It warns of polytheism, its means, and anything that lead to it regardless of the intention of those adopting those means.
  7. It points to the Prophet’s miracle, as there have been mosques built over graves as he foretold.