▁sch ol ars ▁( ul am as ) ▁regarded ▁the ▁shr ines ▁as ▁innov ation . ▁This ▁last ▁claim ▁is ▁almost ▁non - ex istent ▁because ▁main stream ▁Sun ni ▁Sch ol ars ▁have ▁war ned ▁against ▁grave - wor ship ▁and ▁ad oration ▁over ▁the ▁centuries . ▁We eks ▁before ▁the ▁second ▁demol ition , ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁I bn ▁Bul ay h id , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁fifteen ▁sch ol ars ▁from ▁Med ina ▁un anim ously ▁issued ▁a ▁fat wa ▁( an ▁Islam ic ▁legal ▁r uling ) ▁condem ning ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁ma us ole ums ▁around ▁the ▁gra ves . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁A de el ▁Moh amm adi , ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Sun ni ' s ▁destruction ▁of ▁al - B a qi ▁had ▁political ▁roots . ▁The ▁leader ▁of ▁a ▁Muslim ▁community ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁enjo ining ▁good ▁and ▁forb idd ing ▁wrong ▁( al ▁ ʿ am r ▁bi - l ▁ma ʿ r ū f ▁wa - n ▁nah y ▁ ʿ an ▁al ▁m unk ar ) ▁and ▁he ▁can ▁ful fill ▁this ▁responsibility ▁only ▁by ▁having ▁political ▁power . ▁The ▁destruction ▁by ▁the ▁S unn is ▁was ▁a ▁political ▁act ▁to ▁establish ▁Naj di ▁authority ▁in ▁the ▁Hij az , ▁consisted ▁of ▁the ▁religious ▁authority ▁of ▁Naj d , ▁S unn is ▁sch ol ars , ▁and ▁the ▁political ▁authority ▁of ▁the ▁Sa udi ▁family . ▁Moh amm adi ▁arg ues ▁that ▁by ▁the ▁destruction , ▁" Sa udi ▁authorities