The ruling on holding a sacrificial feast after a woman completes her waiting period
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The questioner : Did it not happen that some people, or most people, made a sacrificial feast for the woman who is completing the months of waiting for her husband, and then they invite many people to it?
The Shaykh : Then what?
The questioner : And He the Exalted says, many people, is this, Honorable Shaykh, the Algerian shirk?
The Shaykh : I see no harm in this, because this is on the occasion of the completion of the waiting period and the woman’s release from the restrictions of the waiting period that Allah imposed on her. Just as if an absentee returns, a feast is slaughtered for him and relatives and neighbors are invited to it. Those who do this do not believe that they are worshipping Allah by it, but they consider it a matter of joy and custom, so there is no harm in it.
The Shaykh : Then what?
The questioner : And He the Exalted says, many people, is this, Honorable Shaykh, the Algerian shirk?
The Shaykh : I see no harm in this, because this is on the occasion of the completion of the waiting period and the woman’s release from the restrictions of the waiting period that Allah imposed on her. Just as if an absentee returns, a feast is slaughtered for him and relatives and neighbors are invited to it. Those who do this do not believe that they are worshipping Allah by it, but they consider it a matter of joy and custom, so there is no harm in it.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [118] حكم عمل ذبيحة بعد انتهاء المرأة من الحداد - فوائد الخطب والمحاضرات - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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