Is Raising Hands for Duʿā at the Grave After Janāzah Sunnah?
Source: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil, Janāzah Issues, Vol. 1, p. 256
❖ Question
Is it Sunnah to raise the hands in duʿā at the grave after the funeral prayer?
❖ Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd:
Yes, making duʿā with raised hands at the graveyard for the deceased is established from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.
❖ Evidences
✿ In Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Janāʾiz, Bāb Mā Yuqāl ʿInda Dukhūl al-Maqābir
✿ In Sunan al-Nasāʾī, Kitāb al-Janāʾiz, Bāb al-Amr bi-l-Istighfār lil-Muʾminīn
These aḥādīth prove that when the Prophet ﷺ entered the graveyard, he would supplicate for the people of the graves, and raising the hands in this context is also established.
Furthermore:
✿ After burial, raising the hands in duʿā at the grave is also reported in Ṣaḥīḥ Abī ʿAwānah.
❖ Conclusion
All these evidences support the ruling that raising the hands in duʿā at the grave after the janāzah is Sunnah and established from the practice of the Prophet ﷺ.
Hādhā mā ʿindī, wallāhu aʿlam bis-ṣawāb. ✅
