What is the ruling on lining up in the cemetery after the burial of the deceased to receive condolences?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I see some people, when they bury their deceased in the cemetery, line up in a row to receive condolences, where people shake their hands and embrace them in condolence. The question is: Is this action correct?
Answer:
Arranging this as a permanent practice is not correct. However, if it is done occasionally, meaning in the context of meeting the bereaved and offering condolences at the grave, or as they are leaving the cemetery, without any arrangement, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is arranged and it is said that condolences are to be given at the grave, and they line up, or perhaps nowadays they demand the construction of canopies in the cemetery for the sake of condolences, this is invalid and not permissible.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I see some people, when they bury their deceased in the cemetery, line up in a row to receive condolences, where people shake their hands and embrace them in condolence. The question is: Is this action correct?
Answer:
Arranging this as a permanent practice is not correct. However, if it is done occasionally, meaning in the context of meeting the bereaved and offering condolences at the grave, or as they are leaving the cemetery, without any arrangement, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is arranged and it is said that condolences are to be given at the grave, and they line up, or perhaps nowadays they demand the construction of canopies in the cemetery for the sake of condolences, this is invalid and not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الاصطفاف في المقبرة بعد دفن الميت لتقبل العزاء؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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