Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27207

Muhammad bin Bashar told us, Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi told us, Sufyan told us, on the authority of Habib bin Abi Thabit, on the authority of Abu Wael, that Ali, He said to Abu Al-Hayjaj Al-Asadi, “I send you to do what the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sent me with: ‘Not to leave a grave high unless you level it. Not even a statue without obliterating it.” He said, and in the chapter on the authority of Jabir. Abu Issa said, “Ali’s hadith is a good hadith. And acting upon this when Some people of knowledge dislike the grave being raised above the ground. Al-Shafi’i said: I dislike the grave being raised except to the extent that it is known that it is A grave so that no one can step on it or sit on it.