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The Ruling on Sending Delegations to Condole with Disbelievers

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Question:
Another question whose asker needs an answer. Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is known that the Prime Minister of India was killed, and four days later her son burned her body, which is the practice of disbelievers. However, it is strange that some Islamic governments sent delegations to offer condolences. Is this permissible in the Shari'ah?
She is the one who inflicts terrible torment on the Muslims there, closes the mosques, and there is not a single Muslim in her ministry. He also has a clipping from the newspaper al-Madinah, which reads: "Yesterday, in a strange Hindu ceremony, the ashes of the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, who was burned last Saturday, were placed in four metal urns. Rajiv Gandhi, her son and the new Prime Minister, participated in the ceremony, which lasted two hours. At the beginning, grief was evident on Rajiv, who covered his head with a white handkerchief. A special train carried the ashes to various regions of India, while Rajiv kept one of these urns, containing the dust of his mother's body."

Answer:
We will look into the matter, if Allah wills. This is a delayed punishment; they hastened it from the Fire to an immediate punishment. This is among the works of souls, and the Zoroastrians—we ask Allah for the opposite—mean regarding the dead, that they hasten the punishment of the Fire for them before the punishment of the Hereafter. Yes.
Source ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 54 — archive.org (1:27:05)

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