What is the ruling on lining up in the cemetery to receive those offering condolences?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on lining up in the cemetery to receive those offering condolences?
Answer:
No, the cemetery is not a place for arranging things, meaning arranging things for condolences. However, if someone offers you condolences in the cemetery or on the road, there is no harm in that. But if you arrange this and it becomes an organized gathering for people, or if they say, "Build them a shelter where they can sit to offer condolences," that is not permissible. Yes, offering condolences is not obligatory in the first place; it is not obligatory. But if it happens without arrangement and without a specific place, there is no harm in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on lining up in the cemetery to receive those offering condolences?
Answer:
No, the cemetery is not a place for arranging things, meaning arranging things for condolences. However, if someone offers you condolences in the cemetery or on the road, there is no harm in that. But if you arrange this and it becomes an organized gathering for people, or if they say, "Build them a shelter where they can sit to offer condolences," that is not permissible. Yes, offering condolences is not obligatory in the first place; it is not obligatory. But if it happens without arrangement and without a specific place, there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [58/186] ما حكم الاصطفاف في المقبرة من أجل استقبال المعزين - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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