Is it permissible to place a marker on a grave, and if it is raised, is it obligatory to remove it?

The questioner : Yes. The Shaykh: A marker, a marker of distinction.

The Shaykh : Placing a marker on a grave is permissible. What is the matter?

The questioner : Okay, if these markers, if these markers can be considered...

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : Come on, come on, come on, come on.

The Shaykh : What should they be? No, no, do not make a marker such that the grave is elevated above the others.

The questioner : Okay, is it prescribed... if it is excellent?

The Shaykh : As for the one who has authority, it is obligatory for him to remove it. The hadith of 'Ali, in which he said to Abu al-Hayyaj: Do not... , and this includes the one elevated in its soil or the one elevated by the monument placed upon it, its share.