Editing Veneration of the dead (section)

==Islam==
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Islam has a complex and mixed view on the idea of grave shrines and ancestor worship. The graves of many early Islamic figures are holy sites for Muslims, including [[Imam Ali Shrine|Ali]], and a [[Al-Baqi'|cemetery]] with many companions and early caliphs. Many other mausoleums are major architectural, political, and cultural sites, including the [[Mazar-e-Quaid|National Mausoleum]] in Pakistan and the [[Taj Mahal]] in India. However, the religious movement of [[Wahhabism]] disputes the concept of saint veneration.<ref name="RT">{{Cite journal|last=Hart|first=Kimberly|date=2015|title=Emplacing Islam: Saint Veneration In Rural Turkey|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24643137|journal=Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development|volume=44|issue=1/2|pages=71–111|jstor=24643137|issn=0894-6019|access-date=2020-10-03|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421225023/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24643137|url-status=live}}</ref> Followers of this movement have destroyed many gravesite shrines, including in [[Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia#Destroyed sites|Saudi Arabia]] and in territory controlled by the [[Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL#Mosques and shrines|Islamic State]].

[[Ahmad ibn Hanbal|Imam Ahmad]], Al-Hakim, and others narrated about [[Marwan I|Marwan Ibn al-Hakam]]–Umayyad governor of [[Medina]]–that he once passed by the grave of the Prophet and saw a man with his cheek on the grave of the Prophet. Marwan Ibn al-Hakam asked: "Do you know what you are doing?" Nearing the grave, Marwan Ibn al-Hakam realized it was [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]]yy, one of the greatest companions of the Prophet. Abu Ayyub al-Ansariyy replied, "Yes, I know what I am doing. I came here for the Messenger of Allah—not for the stone." By this he meant he was seeking the blessings from the presence of the Prophet, not for the stone covering his grave. Abu Ayyub al-Ansariyy continued his response with what he heard the Messenger of Allah say: "Do not cry over the Religion of Islam if the rulers are ruling correctly. Rather, cry over this Religion if the rulers are ruling incorrectly." By his response, Abu Ayyub was telling Marwan Ibn al-Hakam: "You are not one of those rulers who are correctly ruling by the rules of Islam."

Some followers of Islam are at odds with the concept of saint veneration, but this practice is retained in Turkey, particularly through Alevi Muslims.<ref name="RT" />