Q & A  Is it  Permissible to Put a Iron Cut Piece Head Stone for the Deceased,  by Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan

 

Question and Answer from Shaykh Salih al Fawzan:

Question:

Is it permissible to put a headstone a cut piece of iron (metal) for the deceased person’s grave, and written on it verses from the Quran with additional name of the deceased and the year he died in?

Answer:

It’s not permissible inscription on the graves, no name of the deceased, and no bio of his, nor history, or his death. All of this is not permissible it’s haram. Because that is the reason behind extremes with this deceased, and finding them delighted, which befalls the ignorant, and the laymen and those who are feebleminded.

Concerning making upon the grave, a mark  and it’s not notice except it’s like a stone (small in size) place on the grave so when visiting the grave, it notes who is the companion of the grave, no problem.

Concerning the marks that was mention before (in the question), that this is more extreme.

Translated by Abul Baraa Muhammad Amreeki.


السؤال:

يجوز وضع قطعة من الحديد ولافته على قبر الميت مكتوب عليها آيات قرآنية بالإضافة إلى أسم الميت والتاريخ للوفاة؟

الجواب: لا يجوز الكتابه على القبور، لا أسم الميت ولا ترجمته ولا تاريخ وفاته، لا يجوز كل هذا حرام ،لأنه هذا يسبب الغلو في هذا الميت والتبرك به عند الجهال والعوام والمخرفين، أما أن يجعل عليه علامة لا يعرفه وإلا هو  كحجر يضع على القبر حتى يزوره ويدعو لصاحبه، لا بأس بذلك أما علامات أن تعرف ويكتب عليها وهذا أشد.
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