The Ruling on Instructing the Deceased After Burial

Question:
Some people believe that the deceased is instructed in the testimony, which is that after the people leave, after the burial, he is called by his name, attributed to his mother, and when asked by the two angels, he is told: Say so and so. Is this found in the Sunnah?

Answer:
This is reported in weak hadiths, indeed fabricated ones, and it is reported from some of the Salaf, but it is a weak opinion, not correct. In fact, it is a religious innovation. It is not prescribed to instruct the deceased. It is narrated from a group of scholars from the people of Sham, but it is a weak opinion. These matters are not to be decided by opinion.
It is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he instructed the deceased, or ordered that they be instructed. In fact, all the marfu' hadiths on this matter are not authentic. What is prescribed is not to instruct the deceased. Rather, when the people finish burying him, they should only pray for him for steadfastness and forgiveness, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. When he finished burying someone, he would stand over him and say: He did not instruct him. He did not say to him: Remember that you left the world testifying that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that you are pleased with Allah as your Lord, with Islam as your religion, with Muhammad as your Messenger, and with the Qur'an as your guide. He did not do this, peace and blessings be upon him.
The point is that he did not instruct the deceased, nor did his Companions instruct them. Rather, he would pray for him when he finished burying him, saying: This is the Sunnah. He would say: O Allah, forgive so-and-so. O Allah, forgive him. O Allah, make him steadfast with the firm word. O Allah, make him steadfast upon the truth. This is what is prescribed. Yes.

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