Gathering for Condolences and Preparing Food for the Condolers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In our country, people gather for the purpose of offering condolences and preparing food for the condoler for a period of three days.
Answer:
This is not permissible. These are questions that you see we have already answered; I do not know how they were sent to us again. This is not permissible. It is not permissible to prepare food for the condoler, nor is it permissible to gather with the family of the deceased and prepare food for them from the family of the deceased. This is not permissible; it is forbidden. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In our country, people gather for the purpose of offering condolences and preparing food for the condoler for a period of three days.
Answer:
This is not permissible. These are questions that you see we have already answered; I do not know how they were sent to us again. This is not permissible. It is not permissible to prepare food for the condoler, nor is it permissible to gather with the family of the deceased and prepare food for them from the family of the deceased. This is not permissible; it is forbidden. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 106 من 108/شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/الآيات/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:58)
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