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What is the ruling on writing the name
on a grave to identify its occupant?

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The answer is that it is not
permissible, for two reasons.

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As for the first reason, the Prophet
Muhammad ﷺ forbade writing on graves.

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This is general;
nothing is excluded from it.

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As for the second reason,
it is what the brother mentioned.

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Namely, one may need to know
say, his father's grave or his mother's.

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For visitation, greeting,
and supplication.

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This need existed in the time of
the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

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The need was there, and writing
was possible, yet it was not done.

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The grave used to be identified
by a pebble or the like.

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So such writing is not prescribed.

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because the need for this existed
in the Prophet ﷺ's time, and was feasible.

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Yet the Prophet ﷺ did not do it.

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That shows it is not prescribed
and is not permissible.

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A person should mark
his loved one's grave with a clear marker.

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by its location,
and by the number of graves.

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and by placing a pebble
or something similar.

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That is sufficient.
Allah ﷻ knows best.