The Ruling on Lamentation over the Dead
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is Umm Salih asking, and she says: What is the ruling on what some women do of wailing and crying, which reaches a level higher than that? What is the ruling on that for a woman?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 934 This, this is a severe punishment, and I seek refuge in Allah. Wailing is among the major sins, and it is from the actions of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). It is obligatory to be patient with calamities and to seize the reward in that, and one should not say except what pleases the Lord, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning the son of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when he died, and indeed we are grieved by you, O Ibrahim. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Umm Salih asking, and she says: What is the ruling on what some women do of wailing and crying, which reaches a level higher than that? What is the ruling on that for a woman?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If the wailing woman does not repent before she dies, she will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection wearing a garment of pitch and a chemise of mange.
النائحه اذا لم تتب تقام يوم القيامه وعليها سربال من قطران ودرع من جربThe heart grieves and the eye sheds tears, but we do not say except what pleases the Lord. And indeed we are grieved by you, O Ibrahim.
القلب يحزن والعين تدمع ولا نقول إلا ما يرضي الرب وإنا بك يا إبراهيم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5197] حكم النِّياحة على الميت - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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