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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is announcing the death of a deceased person in the mosque considered wailing?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is announcing the death of a deceased person in the mosque through the loudspeakers part of the wailing that is prohibited?

Answer:
If it is for the purpose of praying over him and making supplication for him, that is good. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
(ﷺ) informed the people about the death of Negus the day he died. He tookصلى الله عليه وسلم نعى النجاشي في اليوم الذي مات فيه وخرج
Bulugh al-Maram 557
with his Companions and they prayed over him the prayer for the absent. So if the intention is to announce the death of the deceased, to make supplication for him, and to attend the prayer over him, that is a good thing, yes. And his death is announced in the mosque and elsewhere, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1372- هل يُعدّ الإعلان عن وفاة الميت في المسجد من النياحة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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