The ruling on sitting in the cemetery and ordering people to sit

The questioner:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who sits in the cemetery and orders people to sit?

The Shaykh:
Why? There is no basis for this; this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Sitting in the cemetery is a bid'ah. One does not sit in the cemetery except for a need: either to greet a deceased person and make du'a' (supplication) for him, visiting him, making du'a' for him, greeting him, and then leaving; or he is waiting for a funeral procession that he knows is coming, so he sits to participate in the burial and attend it. Does he get reward for that? There is no harm in it. But as for sitting in the cemetery thinking that this is worship, that is not permissible. Yes.

The questioner:
He asks, Shaykh, about during the burial.

The Shaykh:
Regarding the burial, there is no harm. It is mentioned in the hadith that one who follows the funeral procession does not sit until the body is placed in the grave. Once it is placed in the grave, he may sit. But as long as it is on the shoulders, he does not sit. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.