Arranging condolences at a specific location
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Question:
He says: If many people were to gather to offer condolences to the deceased, and the family of the deceased stood in rows, and they were to arrange for them to be inside the mosque, who would prevent them from doing so?
Answer:
Offering condolences is prescribed, but if they had not arranged this specific setup, it would have been better, because it might develop into a custom, and people might imagine and believe that condolences are to be offered at the grave. That is not the case. There is no specific place for condolences. Wherever you meet your afflicted brother, you offer him condolences: in the cemetery, on the road, in his home, in the mosque, in his shop, or in his farm. There is no specific place for this; that is what condolences are. As for arranging a specific place or a specific custom, that is not permissible. Yes.
He says: If many people were to gather to offer condolences to the deceased, and the family of the deceased stood in rows, and they were to arrange for them to be inside the mosque, who would prevent them from doing so?
Answer:
Offering condolences is prescribed, but if they had not arranged this specific setup, it would have been better, because it might develop into a custom, and people might imagine and believe that condolences are to be offered at the grave. That is not the case. There is no specific place for condolences. Wherever you meet your afflicted brother, you offer him condolences: in the cemetery, on the road, in his home, in the mosque, in his shop, or in his farm. There is no specific place for this; that is what condolences are. As for arranging a specific place or a specific custom, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
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