The ruling on the wedding feast for pilgrims when they depart and when they return
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Question:
This questioner says: There are those who call the food of the walimah (wedding feast) that pilgrims prepare when they depart for Hajj, and likewise when they return, a bid'ah (religious innovation). He says: The food prepared for people when they depart for Hajj, and likewise when they return, is made into a walimah.
Answer:
It is not good to do that in the sense of encouraging them or rejoicing at their arrival. There is nothing wrong with all of this, even for non-pilgrims. If an absent person returns, they prepare food for him and gather to make him feel at home. This is among customs, not acts of worship. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner says: There are those who call the food of the walimah (wedding feast) that pilgrims prepare when they depart for Hajj, and likewise when they return, a bid'ah (religious innovation). He says: The food prepared for people when they depart for Hajj, and likewise when they return, is made into a walimah.
Answer:
It is not good to do that in the sense of encouraging them or rejoicing at their arrival. There is nothing wrong with all of this, even for non-pilgrims. If an absent person returns, they prepare food for him and gather to make him feel at home. This is among customs, not acts of worship. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-018-التحذير من البدع والمنكرات في الحج|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:43)
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