Does following the funeral procession end when the body is placed, or does it continue until it is buried?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, these are many questions; I am presenting to your eminence whatever of them is feasible. This questioner says: Does following the funeral procession continue until the body is lowered into the grave, or until it is placed before being lowered into the grave?

Answer:
The most complete form of following the funeral procession is to remain until it is buried, stand at its grave after the burial, and make du'a' for it. This is the complete following. As for if it is placed on the ground before being buried and one departs, that is a sending-off and following, but it is incomplete, less than the first.