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"And invoke not besides Allah, any such that will neither profit you, nor hurt you, but if (in
case) you
did so, you shall certainly be one of the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
107. And if Allah touches you with harm, there is none who can remove it but He; and if He intends
any
good for you, there is none who can repel His Favour which He causes it to reach whomsoever of
His
Narrated by 'Aisha:
Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned about a church they had seen in Ethiopia in which there were pictures. They told
the Prophet about it, on which he said, "If any religious man dies amongst those people they would build a place of
worship at his grave and make these pictures in it. They will be the worst creature in the sight of Allah on the Day of
Resurrection."
Narrated by 'Aisha:
Um Salama told Allah's Apostle about a church which she had seen in Ethiopia and which was called Mariya. She told
him about the pictures which she had seen in it. Allah's Apostle said, "If any righteous pious man dies amongst them,
they would build a place of worship at his grave and make these pictures in it; they are the worst creatures in the sight
of Allah."
Narrated by Masruq:
'Aisha said, "If anyone tells you that Muhammad has seen his Lord, he is a liar, for Allah says: 'No vision can grasp
Him.' (6.103) And if anyone tells you that Muhammad has seen the Unseen, he is a liar, for Allah says: "None has the
knowledge of the Unseen but Allah."
Narrated by 'Aisha:
When the Prophet became ill, some of his wives talked 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 narrated its (the Church's) beauty and the
pictures it contained. The Prophet raised 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."
Narrated by 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle in his fatal illness said, "Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians, for they built the places of worship at
the graves of their prophets." And if that had not been the case, then the Prophet's grave would have been made
prominent before the people. So (the Prophet ) was afraid, or the people were afraid that his grave might be taken as a
place for worship.
Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned a church they had seen in Ethiopia and in the church there were pictures. When
they told the Prophet of this, he said, "Those people are such that if a pious man amongst them died, they build a place
of worship over his grave and paint these pictures in it. Those people will be Allah's worst creatures on the Day of
Resurrection . "
'Aisha said, "The Prophet said during his fatal illness, "Allah cursed the Jews for they took the graves of their prophets
as places for worship." 'Aisha added, "Had it not been for that (statement of the Prophet ) his grave would have been
made conspicuous. But he was afraid that it might be taken as a place for worship."
When the last moment of the life of Allah's Apostle came he started putting his 'Khamisa' on his face and when he felt
hot and short of breath he took it off 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 was warning (Muslims) of what those had done.
Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah's curse be on the Jews for they built the places of worship at the graves of their
Prophets."
On his death-bed Allah's Apostle put a sheet over his-face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face.
When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, "May Allah's Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for
they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets." (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they
(i.e. Jews and Christians) had done
When the disease of Allah's Apostle got aggravated, he covered his face with a Khamisa, but when he became short of
breath, he would remove it from his face and say, "It is like that! May Allah curse the Jews Christians because they took
the graves of their prophets as places of worship." By that he warned his follower of imitating them, by doing that
which they did.