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Can we erect a tomb over the grave?

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Can we erect a tomb over the grave ? plz reply as soon as possible.

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(Fatwa: 1363/L=407/tl=1431)

It is not lawful to erect a tomb on the grave.
و عن أبى حنيفة يكره أن يبنى عليه بناء من بيت أوقبة أو نحو ذالك لما روى جابر: نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن تجصيص القبور و أن يكتب عليها و أن يبنى عليها . (شامى: 3/144 باب صلاة الجنازة ط زكريا ديوبند).

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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