Is it permissible to gather at the deceased's house after his burial to console his family?

Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to go to the deceased's house and gather there with the deceased's family to console them and comfort them, and also to remind people and preach to them? And especially, Honorable Shaykh, the people of innovation exploit these gatherings to spread their innovations. Is it permissible to go and remind people that these are innovations?

Answer:
Gathering with the deceased's family and preparing feasts is wrong and not permissible. Jarir ibn 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "We used to consider gathering with the deceased's family and preparing food to be like wailing, and we considered consoling to be prescribed." Consoling is prescribed: you console the bereaved if you meet him in the mosque, or in the street, or in the office, or in any place. There is no need to gather; there is no need for gathering because there is no evidence for it. Also, gathering causes a burden on the deceased's family; they need to prepare food and serve the attendees, which burdens them. It is a relief for them if people do not gather at their house; they pass by, greet them, and walk on, without sitting and gathering with them for days or a week or... There is no need for this, and it costs the deceased's family money. Console them and walk on, or console them without going to the house. Console them in the mosque, in the market, in the cemetery, in any place. There is no need for gathering. These gatherings have caused effects and burdens on people, with exorbitant costs that may come from the deceased's estate or from the orphans' money. Is it permissible to do this? No.