What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication for the deceased?

The questioner : What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication at the grave?

The Shaykh : This is a matter in which I hesitate, because if we look at the fact that the original ruling in supplication is to raise the hands, but some scholars say: the original ruling is to raise the hands in the supplication of intense pleading (ibtilal), meaning the one in which the servant pleads intensely and emphasizes, and not in the rest. However, the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): indicates that the original ruling is raising the hands, except where evidence exists for not raising them. But raising the hands at the grave is feared to become a means to gathering around the grave, and for all the people to raise their hands and then one of them to supplicate for them; this is the concern. Otherwise, the original ruling is that it is prescribed, yes.