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layout: post
title: "Ruling on relatives of the deceased sitting beside the grave"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatwas of the Permanent Committee of KSA no.11057 question 5"
category: [bidah, funerals, fatwas]
hijri: Dhul-Qa'idah 8, 1441
note: true
excerpt: It is impermissible bid’ah that a relative of the deceased sits at the grave after burial for half an hour.
shaykhs: 
 - Shaykh Ibn Baz
 - Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq al-Afify
 - Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
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### Question: 
What is the ruling on a relative of a dead person sitting beside the grave when people leave after the burial for no more than half an hour?

### Answer: 
It is impermissible Bid’ah (innovation in religion) that a relative of the deceased sits at the grave after burial for half an hour.