The ruling on praying two rak'ahs at the grave of a deceased believer

Question:
Following this, a message was received by the program from Riyadh, sent by one of the listening brothers. The brother, Abdulmun'im Mustafa, says in his question: If you have a deceased friend whom you love very much, do you pray two rak'ahs over his grave, whether as an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one?

Answer:
You do not pray over him except the funeral prayer, unless you pray the funeral prayer over his body before burial. Otherwise, if you add a prayer to the funeral prayer over his body before burial, you pray the funeral prayer over his grave. As for any other prayers, it is not permissible to pray at the graves, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said . The meaning of making them mosques is that one prays at them, even if no mosque is built, because whoever prays in a place has made it a mosque. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) means that it is suitable for prayer in it, but as for the graves, one does not pray at them, because that is one of the means of [UNTRANSLATED: al-salk]. Every funeral prayer is prayed in the cemetery, and the funeral prayer is prayed over the grave; this is specific to it only.

The presenter:
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