Is it permissible for the mosque imam to go to the deceased's house to offer condolences, even though the deceased's family are praying in the mosque?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: In our neighborhood, I see the mosque imam always going, along with a group of young men, to the house of the deceased when someone dies, even though they pray with us in the mosque, and we could offer them condolences in the mosque. Does this action have a precedent?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, because this is a way of comforting them. If you did not go, and the people were going to them, it might be a source of distress for them, so there is no harm in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: In our neighborhood, I see the mosque imam always going, along with a group of young men, to the house of the deceased when someone dies, even though they pray with us in the mosque, and we could offer them condolences in the mosque. Does this action have a precedent?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, because this is a way of comforting them. If you did not go, and the people were going to them, it might be a source of distress for them, so there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1604- 4717] هل يجوز لإمام المسجد الذهاب لبيت الميت للتعزية مع أن أهل الميت يصلون في المسجد؟ — youtube.com
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