Lining up to receive condolences in the mosque
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Question:
In some villages, when someone dies, they line up in the main mosque to receive condolences before performing the funeral prayer for the deceased. This may involve raising their voices in greetings and condolences, which can lead to noise. Does this conflict with the prohibition against raising one's voice in mosques?
Answer:
This is an exaggeration in the matter of condolences. We have said that gathering at the deceased's home and preparing food is part of wailing (niyaha), as some of the Companions stated. They considered gathering at the deceased's home and preparing food to be a form of wailing. This was said by one of the Companions in his time. And their lining up in the mosque or in the cemetery for the sake of condolences is a display that is not good. Condolences do not require all of this, and condolences are not obligatory either. Yes.
In some villages, when someone dies, they line up in the main mosque to receive condolences before performing the funeral prayer for the deceased. This may involve raising their voices in greetings and condolences, which can lead to noise. Does this conflict with the prohibition against raising one's voice in mosques?
Answer:
This is an exaggeration in the matter of condolences. We have said that gathering at the deceased's home and preparing food is part of wailing (niyaha), as some of the Companions stated. They considered gathering at the deceased's home and preparing food to be a form of wailing. This was said by one of the Companions in his time. And their lining up in the mosque or in the cemetery for the sake of condolences is a display that is not good. Condolences do not require all of this, and condolences are not obligatory either. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-072-فضل إصلاح ذات البين|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:05)
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