The Ruling on the Food of the Forty Days and the Sacrifice of the Pit After the Death of the Deceased
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: After forty days from the death of the deceased, his family prepares food for the poor. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and haram (forbidden), and it is not permissible. It is a bid'ah and not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They call it the sacrifice of the pit. This is not permissible. This is among the bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: After forty days from the death of the deceased, his family prepares food for the poor. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and haram (forbidden), and it is not permissible. It is a bid'ah and not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
They call it the sacrifice of the pit. This is not permissible. This is among the bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 07-11-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (52:44)
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