May Allah’s curse be upon the Jews and the Christians, for they took the graves of their prophets as places of worship. (1)

704 – Ya‘qūb ibn Ibrāhīm informed us, saying: Yaḥyā narrated to us, saying: Hishām ibn ‘Urwah narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from ‘Ā’ishah, that Umm Ḥabībah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church they had seen in Abyssinia, in which there were images. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Those people, when a righteous man among them died, they built a mosque over his grave and made those images. Those are the worst of creation in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection.” (2)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Ma‘mar: he is Ibn Rāshid, and Yūnus: he is Ibn Yazīd al-Aylī. It is in “Al-Sunan al-Kubrā” under numbers (784) and (7052).
Al-Bukhārī also narrated it (3453) from Bishr ibn Muḥammad, from ‘Abdullāh ibn al-Mubārak, with this chain, and at its end there is an addition: warning against what they did.
Aḥmad narrated it (1884) and (24060) from ‘Abd al-A‘lā, and (25916) and Ibn Ḥibbān (6619) via the route of ‘Abd al-Razzāq, both from Ma‘mar, from al-Zuhrī, with it.
Muslim narrated it (531) via the route of Ibn Wahb, from Yūnus, from al-Zuhrī, with it, and with them at its end is the statement of ‘Ā’ishah: warning them against what they did (the wording of Aḥmad).
Aḥmad narrated it (26350) and (26353), al-Bukhārī (435), (4443), and (5815), and the author in “Al-Sunan al-Kubrā” (7053) and (7054) from multiple routes from al-Zuhrī, with it, and with them is the aforementioned statement of ‘Ā’ishah.
Aḥmad narrated it (24513), (24895), and (26178), al-Bukhārī (1330), (1390), and (4441), and Muslim (529) via the route of ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr from ‘Ā’ishah, with it, and at its end: “She said: Were it not for that, his grave would have been left exposed, but he feared that it might be taken as a place of worship.” This is preserved from the ḥadīth of ‘Urwah from ‘Ā’ishah, as Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr mentioned in “Al-Tamhīd” 1/167.
It will also come via the route of Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyab, from ‘Ā’ishah, under number (2046), and from Abū Hurayrah under number (2047).
(2) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Yaḥyā: he is Ibn Sa‘īd al-Qaṭṭān. It is in “Al-Sunan al-Kubrā” under number (785). =