The ruling on plastering the grave and replacing it with gravel
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: When my father passed away, my uncle insisted on plastering the grave without raising it, claiming that it is a form of honoring the deceased and that the cemetery is on a mountain and the water might flood the grave. He says he was unable to stop him at the time. His question is: Is it permissible for me now to break the plaster and replace it with gravel?
Answer:
Yes, this is wrong and it is obligatory to remove it. If you are able to do this, then you remove it and advise the one who tells you this talk, that this is honoring the deceased. Honoring the deceased is by making du'a for him and giving charity on his behalf. As for doing the bid'ah (religious innovation) and preventing it, this is not honoring the deceased. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: When my father passed away, my uncle insisted on plastering the grave without raising it, claiming that it is a form of honoring the deceased and that the cemetery is on a mountain and the water might flood the grave. He says he was unable to stop him at the time. His question is: Is it permissible for me now to break the plaster and replace it with gravel?
Answer:
Yes, this is wrong and it is obligatory to remove it. If you are able to do this, then you remove it and advise the one who tells you this talk, that this is honoring the deceased. Honoring the deceased is by making du'a for him and giving charity on his behalf. As for doing the bid'ah (religious innovation) and preventing it, this is not honoring the deceased. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 07-11-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:07)
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