with God or shirk. The Islamic prophet Muhammad strongly condemned the practice of turning graves into places of worship and even cursed those who did so. The current Wahhabi rulers of Saudi Arabia have destroyed more than 1400-year-old grave sites of companions and ahl al-bayt including Othman, Khadija and Aisha amongst numerous others, although visiting graves is encouraged in Islam to remember death and the Day of Judgment. See also Datuk Keramat Khanqah Maqam Maqbara Marabout Mazar Ziyarat Bibliography Ernst, Carl W. The Spirituality of the Sufi Shrine – Chapter9, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality, 2022. pp. 165–179. References Islamic architecture Islam in Pakistan Islam in India Islam in Bangladesh Islam in Turkey Persian words and phrases