The Ruling on Writing Supplications on the Walls of Graveyards

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is the ruling on writing the supplications for entering the graveyard on the walls of the graveyards?

Answer:
It is not permissible to write on the walls of the graveyards or on the graves anything, whether supplications or otherwise. Supplications are taught to people by instruction. They are taught the supplications. We teach them. But writing alone is not sufficient and does not benefit. It is a bid'ah (religious innovation). So this action is not permissible.
Because this is a means to writing in the graveyards what is not permissible, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah), bid'ah (religious innovations), and newly invented matters. So the graveyards must be cleared of all newly invented matters.
The writings, the construction of canopies, they say it is for condolences. This is not permissible. Fatwas have been issued by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim and by the Council of Senior Scholars prohibiting the erection of these canopies. Nothing should be done, and one should not be lenient in this matter. Things start out easy and then develop. Domes are built on the graves, and then... shirk occurs. It starts with us just putting...
...canopies, then someone comes and says, "Build domes on the graves just as was done before, because they have rights, and they have awliya (close friends of Allah) and righteous people who have rights over us. Build for us." Then someone comes and clings to these domes and calls upon them other than Allah, seeking aid from the dead. The belief of the polytheists returns to the Muslims if they remain silent about this matter. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.