Feasts and Slaughter Upon the Completion of a Woman's Period of Mourning
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
That is sufficient.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It has become customary that after a woman in the period of mourning (i'dad) completes it, feasts are held and animals are slaughtered for this purpose. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
No, this has no basis, and it should not be done; because it is treated as if it were prescribed, and that every woman who completes her waiting period ('iddah) has a feast held for her. It is treated as if it were prescribed, yet it has no basis. These matters should be abandoned.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
That is sufficient.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It has become customary that after a woman in the period of mourning (i'dad) completes it, feasts are held and animals are slaughtered for this purpose. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
No, this has no basis, and it should not be done; because it is treated as if it were prescribed, and that every woman who completes her waiting period ('iddah) has a feast held for her. It is treated as if it were prescribed, yet it has no basis. These matters should be abandoned.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 085-تكملة العدة - كتاب الرضاع - 22-3-25 هـ — archive.org (25:50)
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