Is this a hadith: “There is no condolence after three days”?
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The questioner:
You also ask and say: Is this a hadith, “There is no condolence after three days”?
The Shaykh:
This is from the words of the scholars of knowledge. Their statement that it is recommended to offer condolences for up to three days. So this is from the words of the scholars of knowledge, and I do not know that it is from the Sunnah in the first place. But they reasoned that after three days, the bereaved person forgets, he forgets his loss, he forgets his calamity, so his calamity is not renewed after he has forgotten it. He said, and as for the one who was absent,
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
So is it permissible to offer condolences after three days? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
You also ask and say: Is this a hadith, “There is no condolence after three days”?
The Shaykh:
This is from the words of the scholars of knowledge. Their statement that it is recommended to offer condolences for up to three days. So this is from the words of the scholars of knowledge, and I do not know that it is from the Sunnah in the first place. But they reasoned that after three days, the bereaved person forgets, he forgets his loss, he forgets his calamity, so his calamity is not renewed after he has forgotten it. He said, and as for the one who was absent,
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
So is it permissible to offer condolences after three days? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل هذا حديث: (لا عزاء بعد ثلاث)؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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