The Ruling on the Punishment of the Dead Due to Lamentation Over Them
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Regarding what the dead person is punished for because of the lamentation, is there a difference, Shaykh Salih, between one who was pleased with it and one who was not?
The Shaykh:
If one bequeathed this in his lifetime, then there is no doubt that he was pleased with it? May Allah help us. And if he ordered it, it would be a greater sin than the sin, as the poet said: "When I die, do not lament for me with what I am worthy of, with what I am worthy of, and do not wail over the chest, O mother of my slaves." They used to bequeath this in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The dead person who bequeathed this in his lifetime is considered a partner with them in the sin and the punishment, and may Allah protect us from that. But if he did not bequeath it and did not order it, and it was done, then the apparent meaning of the hadith is that he is also punished for what was lamented over him, even if he did not bequeath it. This is the apparent meaning of the hadith, and Allah knows best.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. Do you advise Muslims to bequeath that no lamentation be done over them so that they may be safe from this punishment?
The Shaykh:
Well, if a person bequeaths to his relatives and bequeaths to his brothers that they perform the Sunnah upon his death, and that they avoid religious innovations (bid'ah), what is wrong, and lamentation, and the like, then that is good. This means he has fulfilled an obligation.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Regarding what the dead person is punished for because of the lamentation, is there a difference, Shaykh Salih, between one who was pleased with it and one who was not?
The Shaykh:
If one bequeathed this in his lifetime, then there is no doubt that he was pleased with it? May Allah help us. And if he ordered it, it would be a greater sin than the sin, as the poet said: "When I die, do not lament for me with what I am worthy of, with what I am worthy of, and do not wail over the chest, O mother of my slaves." They used to bequeath this in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The dead person who bequeathed this in his lifetime is considered a partner with them in the sin and the punishment, and may Allah protect us from that. But if he did not bequeath it and did not order it, and it was done, then the apparent meaning of the hadith is that he is also punished for what was lamented over him, even if he did not bequeath it. This is the apparent meaning of the hadith, and Allah knows best.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. Do you advise Muslims to bequeath that no lamentation be done over them so that they may be safe from this punishment?
The Shaykh:
Well, if a person bequeaths to his relatives and bequeaths to his brothers that they perform the Sunnah upon his death, and that they avoid religious innovations (bid'ah), what is wrong, and lamentation, and the like, then that is good. This means he has fulfilled an obligation.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، يعذب الميت بسبب النياحة، هل هذا خاص بالميت الذي رضي بذلك؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان؟ — youtube.com
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