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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on young men entering the washing place to look at the deceased

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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, is it permissible for some of our brothers, the washers of the dead, to prevent some young men from entering the washing place for the purpose of looking at the deceased to take a lesson from it? Is this action permissible?

Answer:
This is all of the kind of excessive behavior. May Allah improve the young men. They have their own conventions and their own things.
for which Allah has sent down no authorityمَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
[Yusuf 12:40]
The one who takes a lesson, if he does not enter for the washing, then this is not permissible. This is not a matter of reminding people, nor is it the time for reminding. The time is for work, and this is a secret among the secrets. It is not permissible for anyone to see it except out of dire necessity. So this action has no basis and is not permissible. Yes, but if one person enters with them who wants to learn, in the sense of learning and training, one person, there is nothing wrong with that. But as for bringing in a large number, wanting people to say, "Come, learn on the washing table," no, this is not permissible. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/44 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (34:28)

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