The Ruling on Excess in Funeral Feasts and Setting Up Tents

Question:
Excess in our present time, and we see it widespread in funerals, where the deceased's family takes charge of holding feasts and setting up tents, and this occurs from the third day to the eighth day.

Answer:
This is not permissible. Many fatwas have been issued by the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta prohibiting it, because it is an unnecessary burden. Consoling the bereaved is done wherever you meet them: in the mosque, in the store, or in the street; you console them, or you call them on the telephone or mobile phone and console them, and that is sufficient. Holding a gathering for them for three days and feasts is among the burdens and unnecessary expenditures that are not permissible, and it is spending money without right. Yes.