We heard from your eminence that it is not permissible to drink the water distributed in the cemeteries at the time of burial?
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Question:
He says: We heard from your eminence that it is not permissible to drink the water distributed in the cemeteries at the time of burying the deceased.
Answer:
I did not say it is not permissible; I said that this practice is not what should be done, because it is the beginning of a bid'ah (religious innovation). It is not permissible to do what the Salaf (the earliest generations) did not do. I did not say that drinking is not permissible; drinking is halal (lawful), there is nothing wrong with it. But as for those who do this, we say to them: leave this practice and do not open the door to innovations. Yes.
He says: We heard from your eminence that it is not permissible to drink the water distributed in the cemeteries at the time of burying the deceased.
Answer:
I did not say it is not permissible; I said that this practice is not what should be done, because it is the beginning of a bid'ah (religious innovation). It is not permissible to do what the Salaf (the earliest generations) did not do. I did not say that drinking is not permissible; drinking is halal (lawful), there is nothing wrong with it. But as for those who do this, we say to them: leave this practice and do not open the door to innovations. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3382- 4717] سمعنا من فضيلتكم أنه لا يجوز شرب الماء الذي يوزع في المقابر عند الدفن؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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