Reciting the Fatiha is a Bid’ah and raising the hands and supplicating is permissible and it is best to face the Qibla.

After the niche is covered with dirt over a palms length from the ground, the Imam has everybody surround the grave in a circle and raises his hand toward the graves and recites loudly sura fatiha as well as another dua. I have read that we should make dua. But shouldn’t we face qibla and not say Fatiha?

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