Some Rulings on Burial
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What is the ruling on standing at the grave after the burial is completed to make supplication? What is the ruling on placing a marker on it, or writing the name on it to distinguish it for the purpose of visiting? What is the ruling on walking between the graves wearing shoes?
Question: First: Standing at the grave after the burial and making supplication for the deceased is part of the Sunnah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand over the grave when he finished burying the deceased and say: (Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask Allah to grant him steadfastness, for he is now being questioned) So you stand at the grave and say: O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, grant him steadfastness, three times, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to repeat his supplication three times. Then you leave, and there is no need to prolong standing at the grave. In his saying (Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask Allah to grant him steadfastness) there is evidence that a person does not make supplication for his people in the sense that he does not make supplication while they are present, as some people from certain regions do, but each one of them makes supplication for himself.
As for the second question: And it is placing a marker on the grave or writing on it so that a person can visit that specific grave. There is no harm in that, provided it does not involve displaying the grave or distinguishing it from others. Accordingly, the marker should not be made of paint, or a tall monument, or something similar, but rather a modest marker by which the grave is not distinguished from others, based on the saying of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) to Abu Hayyaj: (Shall I not send you with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me with? Do not leave any statue but that you erase it, and do not leave any raised grave but that you level it) .
As for the third question: And it is walking between the graves wearing sandals. This is permissible out of necessity. If there is no necessity, it is better for a person to walk barefoot, because this is a form of respect for the deceased, to walk among them barefoot.But if there is a necessity, such as: That the ground is wet from rain and gets dirty with mud, or the heat is intense, or there are thorns. This is permissible.
This method is prohibited among us, for a person to combine three questions in one question.
Question: First: Standing at the grave after the burial and making supplication for the deceased is part of the Sunnah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand over the grave when he finished burying the deceased and say: (Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask Allah to grant him steadfastness, for he is now being questioned) So you stand at the grave and say: O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, grant him steadfastness, three times, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to repeat his supplication three times. Then you leave, and there is no need to prolong standing at the grave. In his saying (Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask Allah to grant him steadfastness) there is evidence that a person does not make supplication for his people in the sense that he does not make supplication while they are present, as some people from certain regions do, but each one of them makes supplication for himself.
As for the second question: And it is placing a marker on the grave or writing on it so that a person can visit that specific grave. There is no harm in that, provided it does not involve displaying the grave or distinguishing it from others. Accordingly, the marker should not be made of paint, or a tall monument, or something similar, but rather a modest marker by which the grave is not distinguished from others, based on the saying of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) to Abu Hayyaj: (Shall I not send you with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me with? Do not leave any statue but that you erase it, and do not leave any raised grave but that you level it) .
As for the third question: And it is walking between the graves wearing sandals. This is permissible out of necessity. If there is no necessity, it is better for a person to walk barefoot, because this is a form of respect for the deceased, to walk among them barefoot.But if there is a necessity, such as: That the ground is wet from rain and gets dirty with mud, or the heat is intense, or there are thorns. This is permissible.
This method is prohibited among us, for a person to combine three questions in one question.