There is a variety of Asbaab-e-Rahmat (Factors of Mercy) on account of which Allah’s rahmat settles on the amwaat (deceased) in their graves. By erecting structures on and around the grave, one such factor of mercy is reduced, thus depriving the mayyit (deceased) of Allah’s special mercy which would have settled on the grave if it was not made into a built structure.
DESOLATENESS
Desolateness— loneliness and being in a forlorn state — is a factor which brings about the rahmat of Allah Ta’ala on the mayyit. The erection of a structure or a wall around the grave as is the common bid’ah practice, is an impediment for the mercy of Allah Ta’ala. Instead of any benefit, the mayyit is deprived of mercy by a structure which eliminates the atmosphere of desolation from around the grave.
AN EPISODE
A Nabi who happened to pass by a qabrustan perceived that some of the amwaat (deceased) were being severely punished in their graves. After some time when he again passed through that graveyard, he perceived that they had been forgiven. The punishment had ceased.
He supplicated to Allah Ta’ala to apprize him of the reason for their forgiveness. The Divine Response came: “The reason for the punishment is their evil deeds. When their bodies decomposed, their bones disintegrated and their graves were demolished, I took pity on them. Hence I forgave them.”
From this episode will be understood the benefit of a natural state of desolation. It should also be simple to understand that when the person has died and has become extinct, of what benefit is a structure on the grave? Built-up graves are plainly futile and in conflict with the best interests of the inmates of the graves.
