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وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعۡثَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ لِيَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَآ إِذۡ يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَمۡرَهُمۡۖ فَقَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ عَلَيۡهِم بُنۡيَٰنٗاۖ رَّبُّهُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِهِمۡۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرِهِمۡ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيۡهِم مَّسۡجِدٗا
[15]. One of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ told him that, while she was in Abyssinia, she saw a church adorned with many images. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “When a righteous man or a saint among them dies, they build a place of worship over his grave and set up images within it. They are the worst of all creatures before Allāh, for they combined two evils — worshipping at graves and making graven images.” The Prophet ﷺ also warned: “Beware! Those who came before you used to turn the graves of their prophets into places of worship. Beware! Do not take graves as places of worship. I strictly forbid you to do so.”
These words of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ serve as a clear caution against exaggeration in veneration, which can lead to forms of idolatry. Islam teaches pure monotheism (tawḥīd) — worship directed only to Allāh without intermediaries or sacred shrines. Building structures of devotion over graves and decorating them with images often began as acts of respect, but in time led to misguidance and imitation of earlier nations. Thus, the Prophet ﷺ firmly prohibited such practices to preserve the purity of faith and to protect the believers from gradually drifting into association of partners with God.
