The Ruling on Buying a Shroud and Hanging It in the House
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is your view on a person buying a shroud and keeping it in his house to remind himself of death?
Answer:
This is something the Salaf did not do, as far as we know. It is only done by some of the youth and some of the worshippers, but there is no evidence for it in the Shari'ah. One should remember death without the shroud. Remember death. Death is not something hidden. You see death every day. You see the funerals. You see, I mean, you do not need fortune-tellers to remember death. There is no day that passes without you seeing funerals, hearing about funerals, hearing about so-and-so. This does not require fortune-tellers. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is your view on a person buying a shroud and keeping it in his house to remind himself of death?
Answer:
This is something the Salaf did not do, as far as we know. It is only done by some of the youth and some of the worshippers, but there is no evidence for it in the Shari'ah. One should remember death without the shroud. Remember death. Death is not something hidden. You see death every day. You see the funerals. You see, I mean, you do not need fortune-tellers to remember death. There is no day that passes without you seeing funerals, hearing about funerals, hearing about so-and-so. This does not require fortune-tellers. Yes.
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