regarding the construction of mosques over graves, then he said: "The followers of Aḥmad, Mālik, and al-Shāfiʿī have explicitly declared it forbidden. A group has expressed disapproval, but it should be understood as disapproval of prohibition, in good faith towards them, and so that it is not thought that they permit what has been widely reported from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) as cursing the doer and forbidding it," end quote. So observe how he reported the explicit statement from the majority of groups? This indicates a consensus among the scholars despite their differing groups, and then after that, he made the followers of three schools explicitly declare it forbidden, and made a group explicitly declare disapproval and interpreted it as disapproval of prohibition. So how can it be said that the construction of domes and shrines over graves was not denounced by anyone? Then observe how it can be correct to exempt the virtuous by erecting domes over their graves when it is authentically reported from the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), as we mentioned earlier, that he said: "Those are people who, when a righteous servant or a righteous man among them died, they built a mosque over his grave," and then he cursed them for this reason. So how can it be permissible for a Muslim to exempt the virtuous by doing this severe prohibition over their graves, while the People of the Book whom the Messenger (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) cursed and warned people against what they did, only built mosques over the graves of their righteous ones. Then this is the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), the master of humanity, the best of creation, the seal of the messengers, and Allāh's chosen one from His creation, forbidding his nation from making his grave a mosque, an idol, or a place of celebration, and he is the model for his nation. And for the virtuous, the greatest share is in following him and emulating his actions and words. They are the most deserving of the nation in this regard and the most entitled to it. And how can the action of some of the nation and their righteousness justify committing this objectionable act over his grave?