What is the ruling on gathering in the house of the deceased?
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Question:
What is the ruling on what some people do when someone dies in their area, where they gather in the house of the deceased?
Answer:
This has a basis. What is reported in the Sunnah is that the relatives or friends of the deceased's family prepare food for them to the extent of their need and serve it to them, because they are occupied with the calamity. Their neighbors, brothers, or relatives prepare food for them to the extent of their need and serve it to them. As for holding feasts, slaughtering animals, and expanding in this matter, this is contrary to the Sunnah. And this opens the door for the poor and needy who do not have the means; when someone dies among them, where do they get the slaughtered animals? Where do they get these things? Yes.
What is the ruling on what some people do when someone dies in their area, where they gather in the house of the deceased?
Answer:
This has a basis. What is reported in the Sunnah is that the relatives or friends of the deceased's family prepare food for them to the extent of their need and serve it to them, because they are occupied with the calamity. Their neighbors, brothers, or relatives prepare food for them to the extent of their need and serve it to them. As for holding feasts, slaughtering animals, and expanding in this matter, this is contrary to the Sunnah. And this opens the door for the poor and needy who do not have the means; when someone dies among them, where do they get the slaughtered animals? Where do they get these things? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الاجتماع في بيت الميت؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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