Placing a leaf of a date palm over the grave

وَأَوْصَى بُرَيْدَةُ الأَسْلَمِيُّ أَنْ يُجْعَلَ فِي قَبْرِهِ جَرِيدَانِ. وَرَأَى ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا فُسْطَاطًا عَلَى قَبْرِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ انْزِعْهُ يَا غُلاَمُ، فَإِنَّمَا يُظِلُّهُ عَمَلُهُ. وَقَالَ خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ رَأَيْتُنِي وَنَحْنُ شُبَّانٌ فِي زَمَنِ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَإِنَّ أَشَدَّنَا وَثْبَةً الَّذِي يَثِبُ قَبْرَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَظْعُونٍ حَتَّى يُجَاوِزَهُ. وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي خَارِجَةُ فَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى قَبْرٍ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَنْ عَمِّهِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ إِنَّمَا كُرِهَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ أَحْدَثَ عَلَيْهِ. وَقَالَ نَافِعٌ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَجْلِسُ عَلَى الْقُبُورِ.And Buraida Al-Aslami asked that two leaves of a date-palm be put on his grave. Ibn ‘Umar saw a tent made of hair (of goats) over the grave of ‘Abdur Rahman and said, “O Boy! Remove it from the grave for his deeds will shade him.” And Kharija bin Zaid said, “(I remember) when we were young during the caliphate of ‘Uthman رضي الله عنه we (used to jump over the graves and) used to consider as the best jumper the one who would jump over the grave of Uthman bin Maz‘un.” Uthman bin Hakim said, “Kharija caught hold of my hand and made me sit over a grave and informed me that his uncle Yazid bin Thabit said, ‘Sitting over a grave is disliked for one with the purpose of doing Hadath over it.’” And Nafi‘ said, “Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما used to sit over the graves.”