This is not permitted if it is said concerning a specific person, because it is testifying that he is one of this category.
Praising of the deceased
Question 11320
What is the ruling on people who say, when someone dies, “O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction! Come back to your Lord, - well pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him” [al-Fajr 89:27-28 – interpretation of the meaning]?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah:
Funerals and rulings on graves
Source:
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen
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