ian ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Sa udi ▁decided ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁the ▁demol ition ▁within ▁a ▁legal ▁religious ▁context ▁since ▁the ▁shr ines ▁were ▁regarded ▁as ▁" id ol atr ous " ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁known ▁in ▁Islam ic ▁Cre ed ▁that ▁mark ing ▁gra ves ▁is ▁B id ' a ▁( inn ov ation ▁which ▁can ▁lead ▁to ▁dis bel ief ), ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁texts ▁of ▁Q ur ' an ic ▁vers es ▁and ▁authentic ▁ah ade eth ▁regarding ▁gra ves ▁and ▁shr ines . ▁They ▁drew ▁from ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁golden ▁cal f ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Q ur ' an ▁where ▁Israel ites ▁manufact ured ▁id ols ▁and ▁pray ed ▁to ▁them ▁causing ▁God ▁to ▁become ▁angry . ▁Some ▁Muslim s ▁see ▁the ▁story ▁as ▁a ▁" blank et ▁prohib ition " ▁against ▁the ▁worship ▁of ▁images ▁and ▁shr ines . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Sh ia ▁sch ol ars ▁used ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁different ▁vers es ▁( M ost ly ▁fabric ated ) ▁and ▁trad itions ▁( iss ued ▁by ▁their ▁im ams ) ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁building ▁shr ines ▁over ▁the ▁gra ves ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁sain ts . ▁According ▁to ▁Sh ia ▁scholar ▁Moh amm ad ▁J af ar ▁Tab asi , ▁the ▁gra ves ▁of ▁Sh ia ▁Im ams ▁buried ▁in ▁al - B a qi ▁had ▁been ▁rever ed ▁for ▁hundreds ▁of ▁years ▁( Note : ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁perm iss ible ▁in ▁Islam ) ▁and ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁Sun ni