The ruling on drinking the water from the clothes of the deceased for the cure of grief
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Question:
May Allah reward you. One of the women says that the son of one of the women died, and she was afflicted with great grief. So some of his undergarments were taken, and we washed them, and we took this water and gave her some to drink. Much of that grief left her. What is the ruling on this action? And can the story of Ya'qub (peace be upon him) with his son Yusuf (peace be upon him) be cited as evidence for it?
Answer:
This is a superstition. This is a superstition, and this action is never permissible. This is a clear error. Is it permissible to wash his clothes and give the water to his mother to drink? No one has said this. This is only used for one who has been struck by the evil eye. It is used for the one who is afflicted by his eye: his clothes are washed and sprinkled on the afflicted person, or he drinks from them. As for what was mentioned in the question, it is an error and ignorance, and it is not permissible to continue with it or to do it. She must be patient, and her mother must be patient, seek reward from Allah, and not be distressed.[Al-Baqarah 2:155-156] As for her weeping and being sad for him, there is no harm in that. This is something not within her control. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wept when his son Ibrahim died. Weeping is permissible because it is not within a person's power. Sadness in the heart is permissible.
Wailing, slapping the cheeks, tearing the garments, and drinking the water from the clothes—this is all from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The story of Yusuf (peace be upon him) cannot be cited as evidence. This was a prophetic miracle (mu'jizah) from the miracles of the prophets, specific to the prophets. Yes.
May Allah reward you. One of the women says that the son of one of the women died, and she was afflicted with great grief. So some of his undergarments were taken, and we washed them, and we took this water and gave her some to drink. Much of that grief left her. What is the ruling on this action? And can the story of Ya'qub (peace be upon him) with his son Yusuf (peace be upon him) be cited as evidence for it?
Answer:
This is a superstition. This is a superstition, and this action is never permissible. This is a clear error. Is it permissible to wash his clothes and give the water to his mother to drink? No one has said this. This is only used for one who has been struck by the evil eye. It is used for the one who is afflicted by his eye: his clothes are washed and sprinkled on the afflicted person, or he drinks from them. As for what was mentioned in the question, it is an error and ignorance, and it is not permissible to continue with it or to do it. She must be patient, and her mother must be patient, seek reward from Allah, and not be distressed.
but give good tidings to the patient, (156) Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَWailing, slapping the cheeks, tearing the garments, and drinking the water from the clothes—this is all from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The story of Yusuf (peace be upon him) cannot be cited as evidence. This was a prophetic miracle (mu'jizah) from the miracles of the prophets, specific to the prophets. Yes.
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