In a message dated 8/10/99 5:35:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< G-lers,
 Interested persons can view photos of tombs of Prophets (AS) and great
Muslim Saints - 'Walis' (RA) - at the website below. The ones from Iraq and
Syria have been mounted, but those from Saudi Arabia, India, and Pakistan are
yet to be added.
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Well, no offence meant, but, we muslims are not supposed to revere tombs, be
it that of Prophets or just odinary folk. There is a famous Hadith in which
the Prophet (SAS) said  to Ali (RA) "Shall l send you on an important
mission?" Go to the graveyard, and  level any tombs or monuments that you
find there, and do not leave until all  of them are level with the ground. To
mark a grave, muslims should put a stone at the head of the grave, or palnt a
shrub, and nothing more.Controversial subject since our graveyards are full
of monuments, but it is something that was the  deen does not advocate.Purity
of worship, to revere nothing but Allah (SWT) being the reason behind it. On
the other hand, some of the holy sites  of the Shi'ites are the tombs of e.g
Hussein, the Prophet's grandson, and  others they consider  holy.

Jabou Joh

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