The Ruling on Performing the Funeral Prayer in the Cemetery and the Takbir at the Time of Burial

Question:
A letter was received by the program from the Iraqi Republic, Anbar Governorate, Al-Karmah District. The sender of the letter is our brother Hameed Kazim Jasim. Our brother has three questions. In one of his questions, he says: When a person dies among us, they do not perform the funeral prayer for him except in the cemetery. Is this permissible?
And when we want to bury him, everyone raises their voices loudly saying "La ilaha illa Allah" throughout the period of burial. And if someone wants to help his brother in the process of burial, he asks him for the shovel by saying "Wahd Allah" (One is Allah). Then, after the burial is completed, the one who instructs the deceased stands over the grave of the deceased and says eloquent words addressing the deceased, which may affect the listeners due to the phrases reminding them of the punishment and bliss of the grave. What is the ruling on all of this?
Please inform us, may Allah reward you, and guide your steps.

Answer:
As for praying over the deceased in the cemetery, there is no harm in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over a grave after the burial had taken place. However, it is better to pray over him in the prayer area prepared for funerals or in the mosques, so that a large gathering of people can pray over him. It is better for his family to present him to the Muslims to pray over him in the mosques, or in the prayer area prepared for the funeral prayer, if there is a prayer area prepared for the funeral prayer. If that is not feasible, and he is prayed over in the cemetery, there is no blame on them.
As for raising the voice with "La ilaha illa Allah" at the time of burial, or at the time of digging, or while carrying the funeral procession, this has no basis. Rather, what is prescribed is for a person to think and reflect on the outcome of death and what comes after death, and to account for himself. He should not raise his voice with the remembrance of Allah, or with anything else, with the funeral procession, or at the time of burial, or at the time of digging. As for a person speaking something ordinary... his carrying of the funeral procession between him and himself, whether it is supplication, or remembrance of Allah, or in the cemetery, or otherwise, there is no harm in that.
As for something intentional, a loud voice: "Wahd Allah" (One is Allah), or "La ilaha illa Allah," a collective voice, or at the time of burial, this is something that has no basis.
It was the custom of the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) to lower their voices at funerals, and to think about the condition of the deceased, what is said to him, and what he says. This is how a believer should think when following the funeral procession, when attending graves, and when attending the burial. He should think about these great matters: what is said to the deceased? What does he say? Will he answer or not? He should have prolonged reflection on this so that he benefits from it.
There is no objection to supplication and seeking forgiveness between the servant and himself, and remembrance between the servant and himself. There is no harm in this. However, intentionally raising the voice with this, or making it a collective voice, has no basis. The Sunnah after the burial is to supplicate for the deceased for forgiveness and steadfastness.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say when he finished burying the deceased: So the Sunnah is to stand over the grave after the burial and supplicate for the deceased for forgiveness and steadfastness.
As for the instruction (talaqin) to the deceased, it is an innovation. The correct view is that it is said to the deceased after burial: "O so-and-so, remember what you came out of the world with: that you testify that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and that Islam is your religion, and that Muhammad is your prophet, and that the Qur'an is your leader," and other such words that they say. This has no basis. Reports have come regarding it, but they are fabricated and not authentic.
The correct view in this matter, and the relied-upon view among the people of the Sunnah, is that the instruction (talaqin) has no basis in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, it is an innovation. Instead, one should supplicate for the deceased for forgiveness and steadfastness after the burial, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded. This is the relied-upon view, and this is what is prescribed. And Allah is the One to be asked for help. Yes.

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