Is the one who does not invite his relatives and neighbors to food at a condolence gathering sinful?
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Question:
He asks: Is the one who prevents his relatives and neighbors from attending the lunch or dinner at a condolence gathering sinful?
Answer:
No, he may actually be rewarded, because this condolence gathering, these parties, and these financial losses have no basis in the religion. None of these have any basis. It is obligatory to abandon them and to spare the Muslims from them. The one who prevents his children and relatives from doing this is upon good, if Allah wills, because he wants to disapprove of these things. Yes.
He asks: Is the one who prevents his relatives and neighbors from attending the lunch or dinner at a condolence gathering sinful?
Answer:
No, he may actually be rewarded, because this condolence gathering, these parties, and these financial losses have no basis in the religion. None of these have any basis. It is obligatory to abandon them and to spare the Muslims from them. The one who prevents his children and relatives from doing this is upon good, if Allah wills, because he wants to disapprove of these things. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يأثم من لم يدع أقرباءه وجيرانه للطعام في العزاء؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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