The Ruling on Recitation, Dhikr, Supplication, and Charity at Graves

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to recite the Qur'an, or engage in dhikr (remembrance of Allah), or make du'a' (supplication), or give sadaqah (voluntary charity), and similar acts of worship at graves, or is this prohibition specific to prayer?

Answer:
What is permissible to do at graves is repentance; there is no supplication, no charity, no seeking intercession, and nothing else. This is what is permissible at graves. How do you make supplication at graves? If you want to make supplication or give charity on behalf of the deceased, or make supplication for him, this is not to be done in the cemetery or at his grave, except if you visit him. If you visit him to greet him, you greet him and make supplication for him. But if you want to make supplication for him, you do not go to the grave, and you do not give charity at the grave; that is not the case. Yes.