Placing a leaf of a date palm over the grave

And Buraida Al-Aslami asked that two leaves of a date-palm be put on his grave. Ibn ‘Umar saw a tent made of hair (of goats) over the grave of ‘Abdur Rahman and said, “O Boy! Remove it from the grave for his deeds will shade him.” And Kharija bin Zaid said, “(I remember) when we were young during the caliphate of ‘Uthman رضي الله عنه we (used to jump over the graves and) used to consider as the best jumper the one who would jump over the grave of Uthman bin Maz‘un.” Uthman bin Hakim said, “Kharija caught hold of my hand and made me sit over a grave and informed me that his uncle Yazid bin Thabit said, ‘Sitting over a grave is disliked for one with the purpose of doing Hadath over it.’” And Nafi‘ said, “Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما used to sit over the graves.”

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Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 23 · Hadith 1361

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِقَبْرَيْنِ يُعَذَّبَانِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّهُمَا لَيُعَذَّبَانِ وَمَا يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ لاَ يَسْتَتِرُ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ، وَأَمَّا الآخَرُ فَكَا…

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He said, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved hims…

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