The ruling on preparing food for the deceased and the ruling on attending the feast
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The questioner : Yes. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The presenter : Shaykh Muhammad, how are you? May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, and all praise is due to Allah.
The questioner : A question, O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A man passed away, O Shaykh, and his family prepared food for him and invited people to it. What is the ruling on attending this feast, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the Pious, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. That is, years after his death. They prepared it after his death, yes. This feast, Jarir ibn Abdullah al-Bajali spoke about it. He said: "We used to consider gathering at the house of the deceased and preparing food to be part of wailing." And wailing is forbidden. Is it not permissible for the family of the deceased to do that?
The questioner : And going to it, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you? It is not permissible to go to this feast.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible because it is forbidden, and attending a forbidden thing is forbidden. And on this occasion, I would like to say to my Muslim brothers: what some people do today, gathering for condolences, bringing slaughtered animals to them, and preparing feasts, other than the family of the deceased, all of this has no basis. The righteous Salaf did not do this.
The purpose of condolence is to strengthen the bereaved in patience and endurance. And this path that I mentioned now is not known among the Salaf, therefore one should hasten to abandon it, in favor of what is prescribed.
And that is: you console a man when you see him sad, and you say to him: "Be patient and seek reward, for Allah has taken what He took and given what He gave, and everything with Him is by a specified term. Whoever does not die today will die tomorrow, and the reward is according to the magnitude of the loss," and words like that. Whether in his home, if he is one of your close relatives, or in his market, or in his mosque. As for these gatherings that involve wasting time, spending money, and deviating from the path of the Salaf, a person of sound mind should not do them.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace.
The presenter : Shaykh Muhammad, how are you? May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, and all praise is due to Allah.
The questioner : A question, O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A man passed away, O Shaykh, and his family prepared food for him and invited people to it. What is the ruling on attending this feast, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the Pious, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. That is, years after his death. They prepared it after his death, yes. This feast, Jarir ibn Abdullah al-Bajali spoke about it. He said: "We used to consider gathering at the house of the deceased and preparing food to be part of wailing." And wailing is forbidden. Is it not permissible for the family of the deceased to do that?
The questioner : And going to it, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you? It is not permissible to go to this feast.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible because it is forbidden, and attending a forbidden thing is forbidden. And on this occasion, I would like to say to my Muslim brothers: what some people do today, gathering for condolences, bringing slaughtered animals to them, and preparing feasts, other than the family of the deceased, all of this has no basis. The righteous Salaf did not do this.
The purpose of condolence is to strengthen the bereaved in patience and endurance. And this path that I mentioned now is not known among the Salaf, therefore one should hasten to abandon it, in favor of what is prescribed.
And that is: you console a man when you see him sad, and you say to him: "Be patient and seek reward, for Allah has taken what He took and given what He gave, and everything with Him is by a specified term. Whoever does not die today will die tomorrow, and the reward is according to the magnitude of the loss," and words like that. Whether in his home, if he is one of your close relatives, or in his market, or in his mosque. As for these gatherings that involve wasting time, spending money, and deviating from the path of the Salaf, a person of sound mind should not do them.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2189- حكم صنع الطعام للمتوفى وما حكم حظور الوليمة/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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