The ruling on the punishment of the deceased due to the weeping of his family over him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: It is reported in a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 927a, if a person dies and his family weeps over him, is he punished because of their weeping, and does he thereby commit a sin?
Answer:
The scholars have spoken on this. They say he is punished; what that means is that he is not punished with the Fire, but rather he suffers pain from their weeping over him. Pain is a type of punishment; he suffers pain. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: A man…
Answer:
He says that if he bequeaths to them that they should weep for him, he will be punished because he bequeathed this to them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: It is reported in a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
The deceased is punished because of his family's weeping over the death
أن الميت يعذب ببكاء أهله عليهAnswer:
The scholars have spoken on this. They say he is punished; what that means is that he is not punished with the Fire, but rather he suffers pain from their weeping over him. Pain is a type of punishment; he suffers pain. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: A man…
Answer:
He says that if he bequeaths to them that they should weep for him, he will be punished because he bequeathed this to them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 453- هل يُعذَّب الميت ببكاء أهله عليه؟ وهل يكون بذلك آثماً؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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