Regarding the sermon at the burial, what are its rulings, and what are the rulings of burial?
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The questioner : Regarding the sermon at the burial, O honorable Shaykh, and there are rulings related to burial that you might direct the listeners to?
The Shaykh : If the sermon at the burial is an ordinary sermon, meaning that a person is sitting waiting for the deceased to be laid in the grave and he talks to his companions with what softens their hearts, then that is good. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did this. But if he stands up as a preacher to the people, that is not done, because it is not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to stand up as a preacher to the people after the burial or during the burial. If that had been among the prescribed matters, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have been the first to do it. Since he did not do it, it is known that it is not from the Sunnah. However, the person who is sitting with people around him and talks to them is not called a preacher. So the sermon at the grave does not require the person to be a preacher. Therefore, it is not correct for us to say that al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that a person should stand up as a preacher to the people at the burial when he titled the chapter: "Chapter on the Sermon at the Grave", because he (may Allah have mercy on him) did not say "Chapter on the Preaching at the Grave," and there is a difference between this and that.
So the important point is that talking to the people around a person who is sitting, about matters related to death and burial and the like of that which softens the heart, is a Sunnah that came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But standing up as a preacher is not from the Sunnah. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says.
The Shaykh : If the sermon at the burial is an ordinary sermon, meaning that a person is sitting waiting for the deceased to be laid in the grave and he talks to his companions with what softens their hearts, then that is good. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did this. But if he stands up as a preacher to the people, that is not done, because it is not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to stand up as a preacher to the people after the burial or during the burial. If that had been among the prescribed matters, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have been the first to do it. Since he did not do it, it is known that it is not from the Sunnah. However, the person who is sitting with people around him and talks to them is not called a preacher. So the sermon at the grave does not require the person to be a preacher. Therefore, it is not correct for us to say that al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that a person should stand up as a preacher to the people at the burial when he titled the chapter: "Chapter on the Sermon at the Grave", because he (may Allah have mercy on him) did not say "Chapter on the Preaching at the Grave," and there is a difference between this and that.
So the important point is that talking to the people around a person who is sitting, about matters related to death and burial and the like of that which softens the heart, is a Sunnah that came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But standing up as a preacher is not from the Sunnah. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says.