Is it legal to put a gravestone on a grave?

Are you allowed to put a gravestone on a grave?

Answer:

(Fatwa: 378/J)

To put a gravestone on a grave is allowed for identification purpose, but it should have only the name of the dead, not any Quranic verse:

اخرج ابوداؤد (في سننہ ص 457باب جمع الموتی قبر والقبر یعلم ، من ابواب الجنائز) باسناد جید ان رسول اللہ صلی اللہ وعلیہ وسلم حمل حجراً فوضعھا عند راس عثمان بن مظعون وقال اتعلم بھا قبر اخي و ادفن الیہ من مات من اھلي۔ (رد المحتار، 3/144، ط زکریا، دیوبند)

And, if there is no need for identification then one should not put a gravestone.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

This answer was collected from the official ifta website of Darul Uloom Deoband in India.

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