The ruling on going to the cemetery every day to pray over new graves

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people have become accustomed to going to the cemetery after the 'Asr prayer, and they pray over the graves of those who were buried at midday. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
This is an unnecessary burden. It is sufficient to make du'a' for the Muslim dead; there is no need to pray over them and be done with it. This is an unnecessary burden, going to the cemetery every day just to pray over the new graves. This is an unnecessary burden. Allah has not sent down a surah regarding it, and none of the Salaf informed us that they did this, except in specific cases. For example, a person comes back from a journey, and a relative of his has died and been buried, and he did not attend the funeral. He goes to pray over him, and there is no contradiction in that. Or a Muslim he knows, whose funeral he did not attend, and he has come back from a journey, and the grave is new and not old. There is no harm in him going to pray over him.