Consistently Preaching to People at the Burial of the Deceased
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
This brother Ibrahim says: In our town, may Allah protect you, whenever there is a funeral burial, there is always a person, whom we consider to be among the righteous and Allah is his accountant, who gives advice and reminds people of death. This happens before the funeral is placed in the grave, and he preaches to them and urges them to abandon preoccupation with this world and turn toward the Hereafter. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
This regular practice of this action has no basis. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it except once, and for a reason: they came and the grave had not yet been finished being prepared, so he sat down and his Companions sat around him, and he preached to them. He did not do this regularly, nor did the Companions do it. So we do not see that making this a regular practice and adopting it as a constant habit is prescribed.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This brother Ibrahim says: In our town, may Allah protect you, whenever there is a funeral burial, there is always a person, whom we consider to be among the righteous and Allah is his accountant, who gives advice and reminds people of death. This happens before the funeral is placed in the grave, and he preaches to them and urges them to abandon preoccupation with this world and turn toward the Hereafter. What is the ruling on this practice?
Answer:
This regular practice of this action has no basis. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it except once, and for a reason: they came and the grave had not yet been finished being prepared, so he sat down and his Companions sat around him, and he preached to them. He did not do this regularly, nor did the Companions do it. So we do not see that making this a regular practice and adopting it as a constant habit is prescribed.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/231 — archive.org (8:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
