Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding sitting on the grave, plastering it with lime, and constructing a building over it.

Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade building structures over graves and plastering them with lime.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: If any one of you were to sit on burning coals that burn his clothes and reach his skin, that would be better for him than sitting on a grave. In another narration: That would be better for him than trampling on a Muslim's grave.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Marthad Ghanawi, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Do not pray facing towards graves, nor sit upon them. In another narration it is stated: Do not sit upon graves, nor pray upon them.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Breaking the bone of a deceased person is just like breaking the bone of a living person. The scholars are of the opinion that (this hadith pertains to the sin of breaking the bone), and Abdur Razzaq said: I think this is the statement of Dawood bin Qais.

(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Breaking the bone of a deceased believer is just like breaking it during his lifetime.

Sayyiduna Basheer bin Khasasah (may Allah be pleased with him), whose name was given by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as Basheer, narrates: He says, I was walking holding the hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), accompanying him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: O son of Khasasiyah! Do you find fault with anything concerning Allah Almighty, while you are walking with His Messenger and have even held his hand? I said: How could I find fault with anything concerning Allah Almighty, when He has granted me every kind of goodness? Meanwhile, we reached the graves of the polytheists. Upon seeing them, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: These people have gone ahead (leaving behind) great goodness. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this three times. After that, we reached the graves of the Muslims. Upon seeing them, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times: These people have attained much goodness (by accepting Islam). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man walking among the graves with shoes on and said to him: O wearer of Sabti shoes! You will be ruined! Take off your shoes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this two or three times. When that man saw and his gaze fell upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he took off his shoes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When people return after burying the deceased, the deceased hears the sound of their shoes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When a servant is placed in the grave and his friends leave him and return, he hears the sound of their sandals. Then two angels come to him and make him sit up... .