Is it permissible for people to gather at the deceased's family's home and hold feasts three days after the burial?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on people gathering at the deceased's family's home three days after his burial, holding feasts, and slaughtering animals for that purpose?
Answer:
There is no basis for that. This has no basis. It may burden the deceased's family with hospitality, preparing food, arranging places, and interrupting their work. This involves harms and disadvantages, and it is not permissible. There is no specific place or time for offering condolences. You offer condolences by phone, by mobile, if you meet them in the mosque, on the street, or at work. This makes offering condolences easy, and praise be to Allah. What is the need for gatherings?
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on people gathering at the deceased's family's home three days after his burial, holding feasts, and slaughtering animals for that purpose?
Answer:
There is no basis for that. This has no basis. It may burden the deceased's family with hospitality, preparing food, arranging places, and interrupting their work. This involves harms and disadvantages, and it is not permissible. There is no specific place or time for offering condolences. You offer condolences by phone, by mobile, if you meet them in the mosque, on the street, or at work. This makes offering condolences easy, and praise be to Allah. What is the need for gatherings?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/548] هل يجوز اجتماع الناس عند أهل الميت وإقامة الولائم بعد الدفن بثلاثة أيام؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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