Placing markers and signs on graves
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Question:
And so on. What is the importance of your issue regarding placing a marker on a man’s grave? It was demolished from the head side, and before the marker was placed, it was demolished from the head side, and from the hands side, and likewise.
Answer:
There is no difference between graves regarding placing markers from the head side or the feet side for adults and children, men and women; there is no distinction between them. A woman’s grave is not distinguished from a man’s, nor a child’s from an adult’s. If one needs to place a sign on the grave in order to recognize it when visiting and making du'a' (supplication) for the deceased, there is no harm, provided that it is not writing and not plastering. One should place a small stone as a sign on the grave, or draw a line near it, or something similar to these signs that only he would recognize. Yes.
And so on. What is the importance of your issue regarding placing a marker on a man’s grave? It was demolished from the head side, and before the marker was placed, it was demolished from the head side, and from the hands side, and likewise.
Answer:
There is no difference between graves regarding placing markers from the head side or the feet side for adults and children, men and women; there is no distinction between them. A woman’s grave is not distinguished from a man’s, nor a child’s from an adult’s. If one needs to place a sign on the grave in order to recognize it when visiting and making du'a' (supplication) for the deceased, there is no harm, provided that it is not writing and not plastering. One should place a small stone as a sign on the grave, or draw a line near it, or something similar to these signs that only he would recognize. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الجنائز - 3 — islamhouse.com (21:26)
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