What is the ruling on sitting for condolences for three days, and is it permissible to exceed three days?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on sitting for condolences for three days, and is this limited to these days or is it permissible to increase?
Answer:
There is no fixed time for condolences, and the place is all of this from religious innovations (bid'ah). Condolences have no place and no time. If you meet your brother who has been afflicted, at night or in the day, in a house or a shop or in a mosque, you offer him condolences. As for sitting and preparing food, this is as the noble Companion said. He said: We used to consider gathering at the deceased's home and preparing food to be part of wailing. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on sitting for condolences for three days, and is this limited to these days or is it permissible to increase?
Answer:
There is no fixed time for condolences, and the place is all of this from religious innovations (bid'ah). Condolences have no place and no time. If you meet your brother who has been afflicted, at night or in the day, in a house or a shop or in a mosque, you offer him condolences. As for sitting and preparing food, this is as the noble Companion said. He said: We used to consider gathering at the deceased's home and preparing food to be part of wailing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [580 -1024] ما حكم الجلوس للعزاء ثلاثة أيام، وهل يجوز الزيادة على ثلاثة أيام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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