The Prohibition of Lamentation Upon the Death of a Deceased Person
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, what is the prohibited lamentation upon the death of a deceased person?
Answer:
The lamentation that is accompanied by... Lamentation is the announcement of the death of the deceased. If it is accompanied by wailing, or the tearing of garments, or the scratching of faces, or the like, then this is among the actions of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is forbidden (haram). It is not permissible to tear garments, scratch faces, strike the body, or do the like. Rather, what is obligatory (wajib) is patience and seeking reward from Allah for the calamity, and saying the phrase of seeking return to Allah[Al-Baqarah 2:156]. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, what is the prohibited lamentation upon the death of a deceased person?
Answer:
The lamentation that is accompanied by... Lamentation is the announcement of the death of the deceased. If it is accompanied by wailing, or the tearing of garments, or the scratching of faces, or the like, then this is among the actions of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is forbidden (haram). It is not permissible to tear garments, scratch faces, strike the body, or do the like. Rather, what is obligatory (wajib) is patience and seeking reward from Allah for the calamity, and saying the phrase of seeking return to Allah
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/092 — archive.org (7:59)
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