In some countries, if a husband dies, his wife wears a black garment for a full year..!
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some countries, if a woman’s husband dies, she is required to wear a black garment for a full year. If she does not do so, they say inappropriate things about her, claiming that she rejoiced at her husband’s death.
Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and it is not permissible to wear what has become her custom to wear, nor does she have a specific garment for this.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some countries, if a woman’s husband dies, she is required to wear a black garment for a full year. If she does not do so, they say inappropriate things about her, claiming that she rejoiced at her husband’s death.
Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and it is not permissible to wear what has become her custom to wear, nor does she have a specific garment for this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2426 -3022] في بعض البلدان إذا مات الزوج فإن زوجته تلبس ثوباً أسودا لمدة سنة كاملة..! — youtube.com
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