Tearing clothes and slapping cheeks upon a calamity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. This questioner says: Tearing one's clothes, slapping one's cheeks, and the wailing of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah)—what is the ruling on the one who does any of these, even if he is affected by the magnitude of the calamity?
Answer:
is not permissible. This is an action of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is a major sin among the major sins. It is not permissible. One should be patient and seek reward from Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. This questioner says: Tearing one's clothes, slapping one's cheeks, and the wailing of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah)—what is the ruling on the one who does any of these, even if he is affected by the magnitude of the calamity?
Answer:
is not permissible. This is an action of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is a major sin among the major sins. It is not permissible. One should be patient and seek reward from Allah. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 15-07-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:08:49)
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