Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) admonish the people when praying over the dead?
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The Shaykh : If he is a Sufi, then this is his method. As for those who have not entered into their ideas, then sermons are prescribed for their time. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not admonish the people when praying over the dead, nor did he admonish them in the graveyards. Some people, when burying, stand up and admonish the people with a sermon that is longer than twelve months in a year. Yes, he admonishes the people; this is also not prescribed. I do not know that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did that except in two cases. The first case: he went out for the funeral of a man from the Ansar, and they reached the graveyard. The grave had not yet been dug for him, meaning the digging was not completed. He sat down, and his companions sat around him, and he had a stick with which he was poking the ground (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he told them a story, the story of one who is sitting, not the story of a preacher who is standing. The story of one who is sitting, waiting for when the grave would be dug. He told them about the state of the person at death and his state when asked by the two angels, until the people finished digging the grave and the matter was concluded. The second case: when one of his daughters died, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was on the edge of the grave while she was being buried, and he said: As for standing up as a preacher to admonish the people while standing with a loud voice, this is from religious innovations, from religious innovations. And perhaps it will open up evil in the future, we do not know. The people now have exaggerated an innovation like the needle’s eye, making it like a great mountain. For this reason, one must be cautious of such matters, and a person should not measure matters by the present, considering them small. Indeed, most of the Fire is from small sparks.
The Shaykh : If he is a Sufi, then this is his method. As for those who have not entered into their ideas, then sermons are prescribed for their time. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not admonish the people when praying over the dead, nor did he admonish them in the graveyards. Some people, when burying, stand up and admonish the people with a sermon that is longer than twelve months in a year. Yes, he admonishes the people; this is also not prescribed. I do not know that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did that except in two cases. The first case: he went out for the funeral of a man from the Ansar, and they reached the graveyard. The grave had not yet been dug for him, meaning the digging was not completed. He sat down, and his companions sat around him, and he had a stick with which he was poking the ground (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he told them a story, the story of one who is sitting, not the story of a preacher who is standing. The story of one who is sitting, waiting for when the grave would be dug. He told them about the state of the person at death and his state when asked by the two angels, until the people finished digging the grave and the matter was concluded. The second case: when one of his daughters died, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was on the edge of the grave while she was being buried, and he said: