Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27210

Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad Abu Amr al-Basri told us, Muhammad bin Rabi’ah told us, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of Abu al-Zubayr, on the authority of Jabir, He said that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, forbade graves to be plastered, or to be written on, or to be built on, or to be trampled on. Abu Issa said this. A hasan and authentic hadith that was narrated through more than one authority, on the authority of Jabir. Some of the people of knowledge, including Al-Hasan Al-Basri, permitted lining graves. Al-Shafi’i said: There is no harm in covering the grave.