The Book of Friday Prayer, the Two Festivals, the Prayer for Rain, the Eclipse Prayer, and Funerals-10b

The reciter: And Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us, informing us that Isma'il ibn Ulayyah narrated from Ayub, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: .

The Shaykh : This contains a clarification of the ruling regarding these matters mentioned concerning graves: plastering, building, and sitting.
The hadith is from Jabir, and it is from the narration of Abu al-Zubayr from him. He explicitly stated that he heard it in some of its chains, so the charge of tadlis (concealment of a defect in a chain) is removed. Moreover, it is said that all of Abu al-Zubayr's hadiths from Jabir in the two Sahihs are connected using the wording "from", because one of the conditions of the two Shaykhs is that the chain of narration be connected, and they are trustworthy and have knowledge. However, they may omit the explicit statement of hearing for one of the reasons of hadith sciences. He says: This includes its interior and its exterior, so the grave should not be plastered. As for the interior, the deceased does not need it. As for the exterior, if it is plastered, it becomes one of the prominent, clearly visible graves, and people's conditions may develop so that it is built upon with cement and the like. Second: that one sits upon it, that a person sits on the grave. As for the first, because it leads to exaggeration regarding it. As for the second, because it is an insult to the occupant of the grave. Therefore, when the enemies buried their enemy, they would come to it and strike it with their feet, kicking it to insult him. So sitting on the grave is forbidden because of the insult to the Muslim. Third: that it is built upon, that a structure is built on the grave. The apparent meaning of the hadith is general, that it includes small and large structures, high and low, and it is so; it includes everything that is considered a building.