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What is the ruling on placing plants, such as cacti, on a grave, by analogy with the action of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he placed palm fronds on two graves?

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It is not legislated to plant trees or crops on graves, for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and his rightly-guided caliphs did not do so. His action, peace and blessings be upon him, with the two tormented graves by planting a palm frond was specific to him and to them.

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