What is the ruling on neglecting graves and allowing them to be filled with filth, and on lighting graves or placing a marker with the name of the deceased, and is this considered similar to what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did for the grave of Uthman ibn Maz'un?
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It is not permissible to intentionally place trash on graves, nor to walk on them, nor to sit on them.
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