The Ruling on Distributing Cold Water to Those Accompanying a Funeral
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The questioner:
Is it forbidden to follow the funeral procession with cold water for drinking? Is drinking it disliked or forbidden?
The Shaykh:
If this is organized and intended as a regular practice, does it become a religious innovation (bid'ah)?
The questioner:
He intends, without doubt, to do good for the followers of the funeral, those accompanying it.
The Shaykh:
As for a person who brings a bottle of water with him and drinks it if he gets thirsty, there is no contradiction. If he brings it with him, his companion with him, fearing he might get thirsty, or that he has diabetes, or that he has
The questioner:
a need for it.
The Shaykh:
Yes, a specific person who needs water, there is nothing wrong with that. But if we bring water and bring boxes of
The questioner:
the meaning of it.
The Shaykh:
and canned goods and distribute them to the funeral procession, this opens the door to great evil, yes.
The questioner:
It is one of the types of feeding and giving charity at the grave.
The Shaykh:
It opens the door to food and other things.
Is it forbidden to follow the funeral procession with cold water for drinking? Is drinking it disliked or forbidden?
The Shaykh:
If this is organized and intended as a regular practice, does it become a religious innovation (bid'ah)?
The questioner:
He intends, without doubt, to do good for the followers of the funeral, those accompanying it.
The Shaykh:
As for a person who brings a bottle of water with him and drinks it if he gets thirsty, there is no contradiction. If he brings it with him, his companion with him, fearing he might get thirsty, or that he has diabetes, or that he has
The questioner:
a need for it.
The Shaykh:
Yes, a specific person who needs water, there is nothing wrong with that. But if we bring water and bring boxes of
The questioner:
the meaning of it.
The Shaykh:
and canned goods and distribute them to the funeral procession, this opens the door to great evil, yes.
The questioner:
It is one of the types of feeding and giving charity at the grave.
The Shaykh:
It opens the door to food and other things.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1974] حكم قصد القبور للذكر والصيام والذبح والصدقة عندها I الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:59)
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