[11] A Grave must not be Raised more than Four Fingers (10...

[11] A Grave must not be Raised more than Four Fingers (10 cm) above ground level and not Plastered: مَعَانِي الْأَخْبَارِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الزَّنْجَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ بِإِسْنَادٍ مُتَّصِلٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص‏ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ تَقْصِيصِ الْقُبُورِ وَ هُوَ التَّجْصِيصُ وَ ذَاكَ أَنَّ الْجِصَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْقَصَّةُ يُقَالُ مِنْهُ قَصَصْتُ الْقُبُورَ وَ الْبُيُوتَ إِذَا جَصَصْتَهَا (The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – from Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Zanjany, from Ali Bin Abdul Aziz, from Abu Ubeyd Al Qasim Bin Sallam, ‘By a chain connected to the Prophet -saww , he -saww prohibited from ‘Taqsees’ of the graves, and it is the plastering, and that is because the plaster is called ‘Al-Qassa’.

It is said, the plaster of the graves and the houses are from it, when you were to plaster these. [12] فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ هَذَا مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ يَعْقُوبُ بَنِيهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ أَوْصَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُكَفِّنَهُ فِي بُرْدِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ الْجُمُعَةَ وَ أَنْ يُعَمِّمَهُ بِعِمَامَتِهِ وَ أَنْ يُرَبِّعَ قَبْرَهُ وَ يَرْفَعَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَصَابِعَ وَ أَنْ يَحُلَّ عَنْهُ أَطْمَارَهُ عِنْدَ دَفْنِهِ الْحَدِيثَ‏ He -asws said: ‘Write this what Yaqoub -as had bequeathed with to his -as sons’ – up to he -asws said – ‘And Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws bequeaths to Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws and instructs him -asws to enshroud him -asws in his -asws cloak which he -asws used to pray the Friday Salat in, and to turban him -asws with his -asws turban, and to square his -asws grave and raise it four fingers , and loosen from him -asws his -asws old clothes during his -asws burial’ – the Hadeeth’’.