Narrated byAbul-Hayyaj al-Asadi
Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيَّاجِ الْأَسَدِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لَا تَدَعَ تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتَهُ وَلَا قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتَهُ.
English Translation
It was narrated that Abul-Hayyaj al-Asadi said: `Hadrat Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) said to me: I shall send you on the same mission as the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) sent me: do not leave any image without erasing it or any built-up grave without levelling it.