Teaching the deceased at the time of burial is a religious innovation (bid'ah)

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A message was sent from the Syrian Arab Republic by a listener who says: Your brother Mustafa Ahmad al-Shaykh asks and says: What is the ruling on teaching the deceased at the time of burial? Some knowledgeable people sit at the head of the deceased and say, "O so-and-so son of so-and-so, two angels will come to you, such and such," and so on. What is the ruling on this? And did this come from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Please inform us, may you be rewarded.

Answer:
This teaching has no basis, so it is a religious innovation (bid'ah), and the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The scholars have spoken about its chain of narration and that it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The deceased does not benefit from this speech; rather, he benefits from his righteous deeds. Allah the Exalted said: . So if the deceased is among the people of faith, Allah will make him firm when the two angels question him. And if he is among the wrongdoers, Allah will misguide him, and the teaching said at the grave will not benefit him. It has come in the authentic hadith that when the two angels come to him, they will make him sit, and his soul will be returned to his body, as established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the two angels will ask him: Who is your Lord? What is your religion?
And who is your Prophet? So the believer says: My Lord is Allah, my religion is Islam, and my Prophet is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the hypocrite and the one who doubts, he says: Ha, ha, I do not know. I heard people saying something, so I said it. Whatever he is taught, it will not benefit him as long as he died upon other than faith. We ask Allah for well-being and safety. Yes.