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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Torturing the deceased by the wailing of his family over him

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Question:
The Shaykh narrowed the question and said, may Allah have mercy on him: Why does Allah torture the deceased because of the wailing of his family over him, when he has no sin for what his family did? I ask His Eminence to clarify this?

Answer:
Because this wailing is on his account. They said that this applies if he bequeathed that they should wail over him, or if he knew that they would wail over him and did not forbid them from doing so, but rather left them alone and did not advise them. In that case, he is tortured for it because he did not prevent his family and did not declare their action wrong. Yes. In any case, we affirm what came in the hadith that the deceased is tortured according to the meaning of his state, but as for the manner of his torture, Allah knows it best. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، الإيمان قول وعمل — islamhouse.com (1:10:00)

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