In the Gauteng province, the Ulama have introduced a new method of dua at the time of burial.

Answer

Our detailed comment is in our booklet: Ziyaarat of the Quboor. The book is available on our website. Hard copies are also available. The scope of these pages precludes a detailed refutation of the bid'ah which the molvis have fabricated in Gauteng. Their practice has no basis whatsoever in the Sunnah. In fact, it is a new bid'ah which has been innovated especially in Gauteng some 14 centuries after Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). It is a massive LIE to claim that this bid'ah practice is mentioned in any Hadith. There is not a single Hadith nor a single Fatwa of the Fuqaha or the Ulama to corroborate this Gauteng bid'ah.

This practice is not restricted to mere raising of the hands for dua. It has a new form which was unknown for fourteen centuries. Its bid'ah ingredients are the announcement to turn towards the Qiblah; raising the hands for dua in the graveyard; loud congregational dua; restraining the people from leaving whenever they desire.

While facing the Qiblah when making Dua in the Qabrustan is valid, the method adopted for this act is bid'ah. Making an announcement on this occasion is unheard of in Islam. And, as for raising the hands on this occasion, it is also bid'ah. The arguments of the bid'atis in favour of this practice are baseless. We have refuted their fallacies in detail in our booklet.

They speak of an isolated Hadith which the Ulama have not accepted for practical implementation. The Ta-aamul (standard, permanent practice) of the Sahaabah, Taabi-een, and the Fuqaha down the 14 century corridor of Islam's history was silent Dua by individuals without raising the hands in the Qabrustan. There was no congregational Dua and no announcements. Ask these Gauteng bid'ati molvis: In terms of which Hadith do you pass the mayyit from hands to hands along a gauntlet in total violation of the Masnoon tareeqah of carrying the Janaazah? Why do you not produce a Hadith to substantiate this other bid'ah as well? The fact is that these bid'ati molvis are not interested in Hadith or in Sunnah methods and practices. They are concerned with show – riya and takabbur, hence they love to fabricate new congregational practices to project themselves. Bid'atis in the context of this discussion does not refer to the Barelwi Qabar Pujaari morons. It refers to those molvis who claim to be affiliated with Deoband. Their Deobandi'ism is a farce.