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What is the ruling on reciting this verse inside the grave: “From it We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you out another time”?

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Question:
I attended a funeral in the cemetery and found one of the brothers inside the grave saying, “From it We created you, and into it We will return you.”
and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ
[Taha 20:55]
, and he was throwing dirt on the deceased three times. What is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding this action?

Answer:
There is no harm in it. Reciting the verse for the purpose of reminding and taking a lesson is permissible.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم قراءة هذه الآية داخل القبر﴿منها خلقناكم وفيها نعيدكم ومنها نخرجكم تارة أخرى﴾؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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