While entering one of the cemeteries, we witnessed some matters on the graves of Muslims, including: placing iron rods the length of the grave as a marker for the grave

The questioner : He has a second question, saying: While entering one of the cemeteries, we witnessed some matters on the graves of Muslims. Among them: placing iron rods the length of the grave as a marker for the grave, or placing a piece of metal or empty bottles. And some people go to extremes in placing markers for the grave, such that they write on the grave with symbols the name of the deceased and the date of death, and carve that into a stone or a slab cast from cement or the like. Is this matter permissible?

The Shaykh : No. The least of its states is that it is disliked, because 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Abu al-Hayyaj al-Asadi: . And praise be to Allah. A person can make du'a' for the deceased even in his home. That is, it is not a condition that one attends to the grave of the person. And if he sees them in the cemetery, let him inform the authorities in the town, either the municipality or others, in order to remove these things. Yes.