Explaining the ruling on giving a sermon at the time of burial.
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The Shaykh : And among this is what some people have recently done, standing to preach and admonish the people at the time of burial. This is a religious innovation (bid'ah), because we know that they are not more eager to admonish the people than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not do this. He did not stand as a preacher to preach to the people, admonish them, and remind them. The utmost that has been reported is two things:
The first is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) went to al-Baqi' and the burial had not yet been completed, so he sat down and the Companions sat with him. He began to poke the ground with a stick he had with him, and he mentioned the state of the person at the time of death and his state after burial only. That is the hadith of the sitting.
The second is that and this is not a sermon.
Then, if we open the door, we do not know; perhaps preachers and admonishers will flock to this place, and it will be a matter of who is more influential and whose expression is more eloquent. This would be a clear, blameworthy religious innovation (bid'ah). We have not known any of our scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) to do this. We witnessed them at many funerals, and they never did this. Yes.
Has the time for questions come?
The first is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) went to al-Baqi' and the burial had not yet been completed, so he sat down and the Companions sat with him. He began to poke the ground with a stick he had with him, and he mentioned the state of the person at the time of death and his state after burial only. That is the hadith of the sitting.
The second is that
When one of his daughters was being buried, he was at the grave and said: "None of you is there whose place in Paradise and his place in the Fire has not been written." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, should we not leave off our deeds and rely on the record?" He said: "No, work, for every person is facilitated for what he was created for."
عند دفن إحدى بناته كان عند القبر فقال : ما منكم من أحد إلا وقد كتب مقعده من الجنة ومقعده من النار قالوا يا رسول الله أفلا ندع العمل ونتكل على الكتاب؟ قال : لا، اعملوا فكل ميسر لما خلق لهThen, if we open the door, we do not know; perhaps preachers and admonishers will flock to this place, and it will be a matter of who is more influential and whose expression is more eloquent. This would be a clear, blameworthy religious innovation (bid'ah). We have not known any of our scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) to do this. We witnessed them at many funerals, and they never did this. Yes.
Has the time for questions come?