I am a poet. A close friend of mine passed away, so I composed verses in his memory, then I went to the cemetery and recited them to him, as one does when wishing to greet him.

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : I am a poet. A close friend of mine passed away, so I composed verses in his memory, then I went to the cemetery and recited them to him, as one does when wishing to greet him. Is my action correct? And does the deceased hear his eulogy? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : If you had, may Allah reward you with good, given him the paper to read himself, that would have been better. This is not prescribed and it is a mistake on your part. The deceased does not hear something like this. The most he hears is that if someone greets him and he knows him, he returns the greeting. This is if the hadith regarding that is authentic, because the scholars differed on the authenticity of this hadith: . This is if the hadith is authentic. As for composing a eulogy for him and coming to recite it at his grave, that is not correct. And it is undoubtedly a religious innovation. I advise my brothers not to weary themselves by clinging to the dead, because if they cling to the dead and frequently visit the friend or relative, the sadness remains in their hearts and does not go away. And every time they visit, the sadness renews itself. And praise be to Allah, every living person is a dead person. And the grief cools with the passage of days if there is nothing to renew it. And it is sufficient as kindness to the deceased from a friend or relative to supplicate to Allah for him. This is the best thing you can offer the deceased. Supplicate to Allah for him. Seek forgiveness for him. “O Allah, forgive so-and-so, O Allah, have mercy on him, O Allah, expand his grave for him, O Allah, illuminate it for him,” and similar appropriate supplications. I do not know if the verses are with our brother or not? Did he write them? Did he write them? Perhaps he will show them to me, even after the end of the lesson, so we can see what is in them, because I fear there may be harm in them. We do not know, so I hope he will show them to me so that if there is anything contrary or excessive, it can be pointed out. Yes.