ANSWER:

You have to follow the Sunnah no matter what the people might say or think.

If the people of sins and innovation praise a deceased who was like them, do you think that he would be from the people of paradise due to their testimony? Of course not as their testimony is useless! 

There is a Hadith where the Prophet was with the companions and 2 funerals passed by them (1 good and 1 bad), and in both cases the Prophet said “وجبت” because the people provided witness, My question is, In my country, if one raise hands during takbeer, keeps hand on their chest, they might think this is wrong and say bad things about the person’s after demise,

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