An advice against wailing and an explanation of its meanings
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Question:
If you advise people to include in their wills that no one should wail over them?
Answer:
This is if it is in a community where they wail over the deceased, as it is customary to wail over the dead. But if it is in a committed Muslim community, and praise be to Allah, as is mostly the case in our lands, this does not need a will, because, praise be to Allah, people are aware of this matter. May Allah reward you with good. And if the forms of wailing are varied? All wailing is forbidden; there is no permissible form of it. Its meaning is raising the voice, wailing means raising the voice with crying over the dead and the wailing cry, and displaying innovations and enumerating his virtues. This is wailing.
And gathering to listen to the Qur'an, this is an innovation, meaning holding a gathering for condolences and inviting the reciters from the deceased. This is among the innovations from which I seek refuge in Allah from Satan.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
If you advise people to include in their wills that no one should wail over them?
Answer:
This is if it is in a community where they wail over the deceased, as it is customary to wail over the dead. But if it is in a committed Muslim community, and praise be to Allah, as is mostly the case in our lands, this does not need a will, because, praise be to Allah, people are aware of this matter. May Allah reward you with good. And if the forms of wailing are varied? All wailing is forbidden; there is no permissible form of it. Its meaning is raising the voice, wailing means raising the voice with crying over the dead and the wailing cry, and displaying innovations and enumerating his virtues. This is wailing.
And gathering to listen to the Qur'an, this is an innovation, meaning holding a gathering for condolences and inviting the reciters from the deceased. This is among the innovations from which I seek refuge in Allah from Satan.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/096 — archive.org (7:35)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
