The Ruling on Eating from the Sacrifice of the Forty Days After Death
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In our country, when a relative of ours dies, they slaughter a sacrifice after forty days. What is the ruling on eating from this sacrifice?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). They call it the sacrifice of the grave, on the fortieth day after his burial. This is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible to eat its meat.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In our country, when a relative of ours dies, they slaughter a sacrifice after forty days. What is the ruling on eating from this sacrifice?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). They call it the sacrifice of the grave, on the fortieth day after his burial. This is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible to eat its meat.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (1:00:38)
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