The ruling on smiling in the cemetery when greeting people
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the one following the funeral procession sometimes finds people in the cemetery whom he has not seen for a long time, or people who have a right over him. Is it disliked for him to smile when greeting them, even if he does so artificially to show affection?
Answer:
Smiling does no harm; smiling does no harm. But laughing out loud and roaring laughter, that is the issue. As for a mere smile without sound, that does no harm. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the one following the funeral procession sometimes finds people in the cemetery whom he has not seen for a long time, or people who have a right over him. Is it disliked for him to smile when greeting them, even if he does so artificially to show affection?
Answer:
Smiling does no harm; smiling does no harm. But laughing out loud and roaring laughter, that is the issue. As for a mere smile without sound, that does no harm. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: وإذا أخذ في غسله ستر عورته — islamhouse.com (1:16:25)
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