1. No Rigid Structure
“Jabir (rA) said: ALLAH’s Messenger (SAW) forbade (made haraam) that the graves should be plastered or they be used as sitting places (for the people), or a building should be built over them.”
(Sahee Muslim 2:2116-8)
The Holy Prophet (SAW), the supreme human being above all made it “haraam” to make graves rigid and flat, effectively allowing the people to use them as a place for sitting.

2.Max height
Abu’l-Hayyaj al-Asadi conveyed that Hazrat Ali (b. Abu Talib) (RA) said to him:  “Should I not send you on the same mission as ALLAH’s Messenger (SAW) sent me? Do not leave an image without obliterating it or a high grave without leveling it. This hadith has been forwarded by Habib with the same link of ‘Raavis’ and he said: (Do not leave) a picture without obliterating it.”
(Sahee Muslim 2:2115)
Muhammad (SAW) sent Hazrat Ali (RA) to plain the graves. The max permissible altitude is one length as compared to the adjoining region as mentioned in other hadiths.
In modern days, many Muslims further excuses in building dazzling graves. All such graves, especially ‘Durgahs’ and ‘Rozas’, are clearly in opposition to these hadiths of the Prophet (SAW).

3. Pray when in the Graveyard
Muhammad (SAW) gave the following Duaa for visiting the graveyard. “As – Salaamu alaa Ahlid – Diyaar minal Mumineena wal Muslimeen Yarhamullah al Mustaqdimeena min-naa wal Mustakhireen wa in-naa InshaAllahu bikum Laahiqoon “
“Peace be upon the inhabitants of this city (graveyard) from among the Believers and the Muslims, and may Allah have mercy on those who have gone ahead of us, and those who come later on, and we shall, God willing, join you.” (Sahee Muslim 2:2127)
This hadith is authentically proven from the Prophet (SAW) through ‘Raavis’.

5. Ibadah Forbidden in Graveyard
“Hazrat Aisha (RA) has narrated: “When the Prophet became ill, a few of his wives discussed about a church which they had seen in Ethiopia and it was called “Mariya”. Um Salma and Um Habiba had been to Ethiopia, and both of them acknowledged its (the Church’s) splendor and the pictures it enclosed. The Prophet (SAW) lifted his head and said, “Those are the people who, whenever a pious man dies amongst them, make a place of worship at his grave and then they make those pictures in it. Those are the worst creatures in the sight of ALLAH.”
(Sahee Bukhari vol 2: no 425, Book of Funerals chapter 69)
Hazrat Aisha (RA) and Abdullah bin Abbas (RA) have narrated: “When the last moment of the life of ALLAH’s Apostle (SAW) arrived he began putting his ‘Khamisa’ on his face and when he started feeling warm and short of breath he took it from his face and said, “May ALLAH curse the Jews and Christians for they built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets.” The Prophet (SAW) was warning Muslims of not repeating the same big mistake.”
(Sahee Bukhari vol 1: no 427, Book of Salah chapter 55)

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Several headstones at a cemetery in Evergreen Park were found desecrated with anti-Muslim graffiti this week, and Chicago's Muslim community is shocked.

The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago reported Friday morning that the graffiti had been scrawled on several graves at the Evergreen Cemetery, at 3401 W. 87th St. in Evergreen Park.

The group says a Palestinian-American man went to pay respects to his deceased father at the cemetery, and was horrified to see several Muslim graves desecrated.

"The Southwest Side has been home to a large Muslim and Arab American population for over 30 years; it is shocking to find such hatred, especially at a cemetery", council associate director Ahlam Jbara said in a news release.

The council posted photos of the graffiti on its Web site. Family markers were desecrated with ethnic slurs directed at Muslims and words that insulted the prophet Muhammad.

Some of the graffiti was also accompanied by gang symbols, including the six-pointed star and pitchforks of the Folk Nation – an alliance of several gangs – and a message reading, "Folks bitch."

Evergreen Park police said they had "no information" on whether there would be extra patrols following the incident.

The council pointed out that this latest incident comes on the heels of two attacks or acts of vandalism directed at Muslim institutions.

This past Sunday night, the College Preparatory School of America, an Islamic school at 331 W. Madison St. in Lombard, was subjected to vandalism. The council says someone hurled a 7-Up bottle filled with acid and other unspecified materials at the school during the nighttime Ramadan prayers.

During the prayer session, worshipers heard a loud bang and went to find an empty bottle thrown on the window of the school. No one was injured. And a week ago, air rifle shots were fired at a mosque in north suburban Morton Grove.

In response to the incidents, the council is planning a flash mob action against hate and Islamophobia at 5 p.m. Friday, at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway.

CBS Chicago, 17 August 2012

See also "Hate graffiti sprayed on Muslim graves in Illinois", CAIR press release, 17 August 2012

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The grave of one of the London bombers has been vandalised along with others in a cemetery in Leeds. The plot holding the remains of Hasib Hussain at Cottingley Cemetery was damaged and had racist graffiti scrawled on it.

A number of graves in the Muslim section were damaged, prompting increased police patrols. Headstones were pulled over and offensive expressions scratched on to the stonework.

BBC News, 15 June 2012

Muslim graves in Cottingley Cemetery have been targeted by racists before, in April 2007.

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