Holding two mourning gatherings for one deceased person in two different countries
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on holding two mourning gatherings for one deceased person in two different countries?
Answer:
Holding a mourning gathering is not permissible; a mourning gathering is not to be held. Rather, mourning is prescribed without incurring expenses, reserving a place, or preparing food. Nothing is to be spent on a mourning gathering. Mourning consists of offering condolences to the bereaved and making du'a for the deceased when you meet him in any place—in the mosque, in the street, in his shop, in the office, or at his workplace. You offer your condolences without arrangements, without obligations, and without exaggeration. This is the mourning prescribed by the Shari'ah. As for a mourning gathering that involves expenses, obligations, and a fixed time and place, that is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on holding two mourning gatherings for one deceased person in two different countries?
Answer:
Holding a mourning gathering is not permissible; a mourning gathering is not to be held. Rather, mourning is prescribed without incurring expenses, reserving a place, or preparing food. Nothing is to be spent on a mourning gathering. Mourning consists of offering condolences to the bereaved and making du'a for the deceased when you meet him in any place—in the mosque, in the street, in his shop, in the office, or at his workplace. You offer your condolences without arrangements, without obligations, and without exaggeration. This is the mourning prescribed by the Shari'ah. As for a mourning gathering that involves expenses, obligations, and a fixed time and place, that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الجهاد - 3 — islamhouse.com (1:03:35)
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