What is the ruling on sending a message to console a person?
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The questioner : All right, my Shaykh, regarding condolence, is it permissible to offer condolences via messages, meaning a person consoles another person instead of going to the deceased's family?
The Shaykh : I did not understand. How does he console the person?
The questioner : By a letter or a message, meaning he sends him a message and consoles him in it.
The Shaykh : Why does he not go to console him at his place, at his shop, or at his university?
The questioner : Suppose he is in a faraway place, like Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : If you assume that, then console him by letter and message.
The Shaykh : I did not understand. How does he console the person?
The questioner : By a letter or a message, meaning he sends him a message and consoles him in it.
The Shaykh : Why does he not go to console him at his place, at his shop, or at his university?
The questioner : Suppose he is in a faraway place, like Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : If you assume that, then console him by letter and message.
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