What is the ruling on enumerating the virtues of the deceased and being dissatisfied with the divine decree and destiny, given that these matters have become widespread?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. You say that among the things that also happen at funerals is enumerating the virtues of the deceased, and also being dissatisfied with the divine decree and destiny. These matters have become widespread in many of the lands of the Muslims. So what is the guidance of the Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
This falls under the previous mention of the wrongdoings at funerals, because enumerating the virtues of the deceased is part of wailing. Enumerating the virtues of the deceased is part of wailing, because they used to say in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, "O such-and-such, and O such-and-such," and so on, and they would enumerate the virtues of the deceased. It came in the hadith thatSunan Ibn Majah 1593Sahih (Darussalam) Sahih Muslim 927b So this is also a wronging of the deceased in his grave by enumerating his virtues and wailing over him.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. You say that among the things that also happen at funerals is enumerating the virtues of the deceased, and also being dissatisfied with the divine decree and destiny. These matters have become widespread in many of the lands of the Muslims. So what is the guidance of the Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
This falls under the previous mention of the wrongdoings at funerals, because enumerating the virtues of the deceased is part of wailing. Enumerating the virtues of the deceased is part of wailing, because they used to say in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, "O such-and-such, and O such-and-such," and so on, and they would enumerate the virtues of the deceased. It came in the hadith that
It was narrated from ‘Umar bin Khattab that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The deceased is punished for the wailing over him.”
الميت يعذب بما نيح عليه،The dead is punished in the grave because of wailing on it.
عذبوا في قبره بما نيح عليه،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تعديد محاسن الميت، والتسخط من قضاء الله وقدره، حيث أصبحت هذه الأمور منتشرة؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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