anything disliked. Likewise, if he did not raise his hands when bowing, we would not say that he had done something disliked.

The view I consider preponderant—and Allah knows best—is the middle position: that it is disliked, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH) chose. (1) This is unless the first deceased has already been buried and settled in his grave, for he has the greater right to it; in that case, no second person should be placed with him, except in cases of extreme necessity.

A Barrier of Earth Is to Be Placed Between Every Two, and Recitation at the Graveside Is Not Disliked …

His statement, “A barrier of earth is to be placed between every two,” means that if it is permissible to bury two or more people in a single grave, it is preferable to place a barrier of earth between them, so that they are as though separated. This is not obligatory, however, but merely preferable.

His statement, “Recitation at the graveside is not disliked”: recitation at the graveside is not disliked, and it may take two forms:

The first is to recite over the grave, as one recites over a sick person.

The second is to recite at the grave—that is, beside it—so that the occupant of the grave may hear and find comfort in it.

The author therefore says that this is not disliked.

However, the correct view is that it is disliked. The denial that it is disliked alludes to the view of those who hold it to be disliked. The correct view is that recitation at the graveside is disliked, whether at the time of burial or afterward, because it was not practiced in the time of