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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is this hadith authentic: (No sitting for condolences)?

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Question:
Are these hadiths authentic, that there is no sitting for condolences?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions. And after that: We ask Allah, the Exalted and Sublime, for us and for our Muslim sisters, for our Muslim brothers and sisters, may. Guidance and rightness, and steadfastness upon the truth, and safety from the evil of trials and innovations. Oh Allah. And that He grants everyone adherence to His religion, and following the example of His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). And we are connected. And that He cause us to die as Muslims.
As for the hadith the questioner referred to, which is the prohibition of sitting for condolences, I do not know of any basis for it to my knowledge. May Allah send prayers upon Muhammad.
But there is a hadith in the status of marfu' (traced to the Prophet). What Allah willed. From a... in the status of marfu' from one of the Companions, he says
We used to think that gathering with the family of the deceased and preparing food was a form of wailing.كنا نعد الاجتماع الى اهل الميت وصنعه الطعام من النياحه
Sunan Ibn Majah 1612Da’if (Darussalam)
So based on this hadith, gathering for the sake of condolences is considered prohibited, because wailing is prohibited, indeed it is a major one of the major sins. So the gathering for it, this noble Companion says that it is part of wailing, so at the very least it is forbidden (muharram), organizing the gathering, yes.
Organizing specific days, and a specific place, and holding mourning gatherings, and what they call memorial parties, umm. Or condolences, and preparing a lot of food. May Allah send prayers.
All of this is considered prohibited, and the basis of condolences is prescribed (mashru'), or rather, you console your brother who has been afflicted if you meet him and you say, "May Allah improve your consolation, and may Allah heal your loss, and may He forgive your deceased," if the deceased was a Muslim. This is recommended (mustahabb) without there being any organization or specification of days and a special place for this matter, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هذا حديث صحيح: (لا جلوس للعزاء)؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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