The Ruling on Crying for the Deceased
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Question:
One of the sisters is asking, saying: Is it permissible to cry for the deceased?
Answer:
Yes, weeping over the deceased is beyond a person's control, and it is also a mercy, and a person is not held accountable for it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wept for his son Ibrahim when he died, the Lord. The prohibition concerns the words: speaking bad words out of anger and despair, and not performing bad actions such as slapping the cheeks or tearing the clothes. The forbidden speech in times of calamity is wailing over the deceased, which was a practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. This is what is required of the Muslim in times of calamity: to be patient. Yes.
One of the sisters is asking, saying: Is it permissible to cry for the deceased?
Answer:
Yes, weeping over the deceased is beyond a person's control, and it is also a mercy, and a person is not held accountable for it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wept for his son Ibrahim when he died,
He said: "Indeed, the eye sheds tears, and the heart grieves, but we do not say anything but what pleases
قال إن العين لتدمع، وإن القلب ليحزن، ولا نقول إلا ما يرضي
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/275 — archive.org (6:19)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.