Tearing clothes and slapping cheeks upon a calamity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, this questioner says: Tearing clothes, slapping cheeks, and the claims of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). I have heard that whoever does this, despite being affected by the magnitude of the calamity,
Answer:
is not permissible. This is an action of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is a major sin among the major sins. It is not permissible. One should be patient and seek reward from Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, this questioner says: Tearing clothes, slapping cheeks, and the claims of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). I have heard that whoever does this, despite being affected by the magnitude of the calamity,
Answer:
is not permissible. This is an action of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is a major sin among the major sins. It is not permissible. One should be patient and seek reward from Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في بيان كيد الشيطان لنفسه قبل كيده للأبوين — islamhouse.com (1:08:48)
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