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Topic: Islaamic Ruling on 'Marking'
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Aboo Sufyaan Muhammad bin 'Umar Bin Muhammad Bin 'Uthmaan
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
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as salam alaykum,
What is the Islamic ruling on 'Marking' over a Muslims grave (i.e. sort of plate of metal thats written Qur'aan, the name of the dead, etc)?
Aboo Sufyaan Muhammad
The best speech is concise and to the point.
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Abu 'Abdil 'Azeez Waseem ibn Abdirraheem Al Peshimaam
(Bangalore,India / Al Qaseem , K.S.A)
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wa 'alaykum assalaam,
Placing two stones on the grave of men and one stone on the grave of women
Question: What is your opinion regarding placing two stones on the grave of men and one stone on the grave of women - is this differentiation legislated?
Response: This differentiation is not legislated. The scholars have said there is no harm in placing one or two stones or one or two bricks in order to indicate the (presence of a) grave so that it is not redug a second time. As regards differentiating between the men and women, then there is no (legislated) basis for this.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
al-Fataawa al-Jaami'ah lil-Mar.ah al-Muslimah - Volume 1, Question 268, Page 271
Fataawa at-Ta'ziyyah - Page 30
Placing a bare stone as an indicator by the grave
Question: Some people place a sign with a big stone made of marble or some other specific sign to indicate the grave of the deceased so as to facilitate future visits without doubt as to the location of the grave.
Response: There is no harm in placing a large stone as an indicator by which the grave can be identified during (future) visits. This is because the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) did this with the grave of 'Uthmaan (obviously not 'Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan - who died after the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) himself).
Shaykh Ibn Fowzaan
Fataawa li Ahlil-Mayyit - Question 29, Page 32
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa al-Fowzaan - Volume 1, Page 194
Prohibition of writing anything on a gravestone
Question: Is it permissible to write the name of the deceased or an aayah from the Qur.aan on a headstone by the grave ?
Response: It is not permissible to write the name of the deceased on a headstone or on anything else by the grave, since the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) forbade that, even if it be an aayah from the Qur.aan, or a single word, or even a single letter - this is (all) impermissible.
However, if the grave is indicated with a sign other than writing, so as to identify it for (future) visits and extending the greeting (upon visiting), such as defining a line (or groove in the earth), or placing a stone by the grave without any writing on it, then there is no harm in this.
As for writing, then this is not permissible, because the writing is a means to shirk. So (sometime later) a generation may come where the people will say: "Indeed the details of this person have only been written on the gravestone because this person was good and benefitted the people." And as such, worshipping the grave has occurred.
Shaykh Ibn Fowzaan
Fataawa li Ahlil-Mayyit - Question 30, Page 32
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa al-Fowzaan - Volume 1, Page 195
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Aboo Husaam Shaheed ibn George Williams
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