What is prescribed regarding people sitting for condolences and the abundance of food and drink?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is prescribed regarding people sitting for condolences and the abundance of food and drink in the matter of condolences?
Answer:
This is an exaggeration, and also a burden and a hardship for the bereaved, weighing them down. These matters should be left; it is obligatory to leave these matters, because this develops into eulogizing and wailing, and the like. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is prescribed regarding people sitting for condolences and the abundance of food and drink in the matter of condolences?
Answer:
This is an exaggeration, and also a burden and a hardship for the bereaved, weighing them down. These matters should be left; it is obligatory to leave these matters, because this develops into eulogizing and wailing, and the like. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [573 /641] ما المشروع في مسألة جلوس الناس لأجل العزاء وكثرة المآكل والمشارب..؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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