عَنْ أَبي هُرَيْرَةَ رضِي اللّه عنْهُ قَال: قَال رسُولُ اللّهِ صَلّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم: «لأَنْ يجْلِسَ أَحدُكُمْ على جَمْرَةٍ، فَتُحْرِقَ ثِيَابَه، فَتَخْلُصَ إِلى جِلْدِهِ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يجْلِسَ على قَبْرٍ» رواه مسلم.
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For one of you to sit upon a live coal so that it burns through his garment and reaches his skin would be better for him than to sit upon a grave." Reported by Muslim.
الشرح · explanation
فتخلص: أي تصل أو يصل حرقها. خير له: أي أقل ضررًا عليه.
"So that it reaches": that is, [the coal] reaches, or its burning reaches [the skin]. "Better for him": that is, less harmful to him.
الدروس · lessons
تحريم الجلوس على القبر، ورجّح بعضهم أنّه مكروه، وحملوا الوعيد الشديد على من جلس عليه ليبول أو يتغوط، وهو حرام إجماعًا. احترام قبور الموتى بعدم إهانتها والجلوس عليها كما لا يجوز تعظيمها ببنائها وتجصيصها.
The prohibition of sitting on a grave. Some scholars considered it merely disliked and took the severe warning to apply to one who sits on it to urinate or defecate, which is forbidden by consensus. Respecting the graves of the dead by not dishonoring them or sitting upon them, just as it is not permissible to exalt them by building over them or plastering them.