Preparing food for those who come from far away for a funeral
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: When someone dies in our community, people come from far away. Is it permissible for us to prepare food for these visitors? If we do not, they accuse us of being stingy?
Answer:
It is not permissible to travel for the purpose of offering condolences. Today, praise be to Allah, one offers condolences by telephone, by mobile phone, or by other available means of communication, and there is no need to travel.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: When someone dies in our community, people come from far away. Is it permissible for us to prepare food for these visitors? If we do not, they accuse us of being stingy?
Answer:
It is not permissible to travel for the purpose of offering condolences. Today, praise be to Allah, one offers condolences by telephone, by mobile phone, or by other available means of communication, and there is no need to travel.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:01:09)
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