so that it may not be trodden upon, nor sat upon.

57 – Chapter: What has been reported concerning the disapproval of treading upon graves and sitting on them

1071 – Hannād narrated to us, saying: Ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir, from Busr ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, from Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī, from Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ, from Abū Marthad al-Ghanawī, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do not sit upon graves, and do not pray toward them."(1)

In this chapter, [there is also a report] from Abū Hurayrah, ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm, and Bashīr ibn al-Khaṣāṣiyah.

1072 – Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak, with this chain of transmission, similar to it.

1073 – ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr and Abū ʿAmmār narrated to us, both saying: al-Walīd ibn Muslim informed us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir, from Busr ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, from Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ, from Abū Marthad, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similar to it.(2)

And in it, [the name of] Abū Idrīs is not mentioned. And this is the correct [version].

Muḥammad said: The ḥadīth of Ibn al-Mubārak is an error; Ibn al-Mubārak made a mistake in it.

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(1) An authentic ḥadīth, reported by Muslim (972), Abū Dāwūd (3229), and al-Nasāʾī 2/67. It is in "al-Musnad" (17215), and "Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān" (2320) and (2324).
(2) An authentic ḥadīth; see our commentary on it in "al-Musnad" (17216).