Al-Khuza'i said: We were told by al-Layth ibn Sa'd, from Yazid ibn al-Had, from Ibn Shihab, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "May Allah curse the Jews who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship." (1)

107 - Chapter: The Dislike of Walking Between Graves in Sandals (al-Sibtiyyah)

2048 - Muhammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, saying: Waki' told us, from al-Aswad ibn Shayban — and he was trustworthy — from Khalid ibn Sumayr (2), from Bashir ibn Nuhayk, that (3) Bashir ibn al-Khasasiyyah said: I was walking with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he passed by the graves of the Muslims and said: "These have indeed preceded to abundant good." Then he passed by the graves of the polytheists and said: "These have indeed preceded to abundant evil." Then he passed by the graves of the Muslims and said: "These have indeed preceded to abundant good." Then a man among the Muslims saw him walking between the graves in his sandals and said: "O Messenger of Allah, are you walking between the graves in your sandals?" He said: "Indeed, the light of my sandals reached them, so they were informed of my walking before I reached them." Then he said: "No one among you walks between the graves in his sandals but that the light of his sandals reaches them, and they are informed of his walking before he reaches them."

(1) Its chain is authentic. Abu Salamah al-Khuza'i: he is Mansur ibn Salamah, and Yazid ibn al-Had: he is Yazid ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Had, and Ibn Shihab: he is Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Zuhri. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (2185). Ahmad also narrated it (8788) from Abu Salamah al-Khuza'i with this chain. Ahmad also narrated it (7826), (7831), (7835), (9144), (9850), (10715), and (10716), al-Bukhari (437), Muslim (530) (20), Abu Dawud (3227), the author in "al-Kubra" (7055), and Ibn Hibban (2326) through various routes from al-Zuhri, with it. The author said in "al-Kubra" following (7055): Qatadah differed from him, narrating it from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, from 'A'ishah. It also preceded under number (703) via the route of 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah, from 'A'ishah and Ibn 'Abbas. Ahmad also narrated it (7358) via the route of Abu Salih al-Samman, and Muslim (530): (21) via the route of Yazid ibn al-Asamm, both from Abu Hurayrah, with it. The wording of Ahmad's narration is: that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O Allah, do not make my grave an idol. May Allah curse a people who took the graves of their prophets as places of worship."

(2) It was altered in (Q) to: Shuhayr.

(3) In (M), (Q), and a copy in the margin of (K): 'an.