Ruling on Sending Food to Those Who Have a Gathering for Condolences
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In our area, there is a gathering for three days for condolences,But the question is: Do they prepare food for them, especially if the deceased is a relative or a neighbor, as a form of assistance or maintaining family ties? So, should we prepare this food for them and eat with them?
No, by Allah! Do not do it. If you do this, you are on the same path as they are.And the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (Prepare food for the family of Ja'far, for something has befallen them that has occupied them) The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason.
The questioner: How do we get out of this?The Shaykh: There is no evidence for these innovators. Nothing has befallen them to occupy them; rather, they occupied themselves with arranging the chairs, setting up the lights, and the like.How do we apply the wording to its generality while its reason has been specified: (Prepare food for the family of Ja'far, for something has befallen them that has occupied them) Therefore, it was not the way of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that food was prepared for everyone who lost a relative; rather, it is prepared for the one who is occupied with his grief from preparing his own food.
No, by Allah! Do not do it. If you do this, you are on the same path as they are.And the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (Prepare food for the family of Ja'far, for something has befallen them that has occupied them) The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained the reason.
The questioner: How do we get out of this?The Shaykh: There is no evidence for these innovators. Nothing has befallen them to occupy them; rather, they occupied themselves with arranging the chairs, setting up the lights, and the like.How do we apply the wording to its generality while its reason has been specified: (Prepare food for the family of Ja'far, for something has befallen them that has occupied them) Therefore, it was not the way of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that food was prepared for everyone who lost a relative; rather, it is prepared for the one who is occupied with his grief from preparing his own food.