What is the ruling on expressing gratitude for condolences?
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Ali Hasan: Our Shaykh, regarding expressing gratitude for condolences, unfortunately, some people who wrote such phrases tried to convince the questioners or something like that, and they said this is a matter of gratitude, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1955Sahih (Darussalam) Yes.
The Shaykh: What Allah willed! Gratitude to whom?
Ali Hasan: Gratitude to those who offered condolences. We express gratitude for the condolences written in our newspapers, thanking those who came to offer condolences, so-and-so and so-and-so, and they may be celebrities, and some of them are even Christians, for example?
The Shaykh: My dear, this is the way of all the innovators in this age; they take general texts and apply them to their innovations, and we seek help from Allah. This is imitating the disbelievers, without a doubt.
Whoever is not grateful to the people, he is not grateful to Allah.
من لم يشكر الناس لم يشكر اللهThe Shaykh: What Allah willed! Gratitude to whom?
Ali Hasan: Gratitude to those who offered condolences. We express gratitude for the condolences written in our newspapers, thanking those who came to offer condolences, so-and-so and so-and-so, and they may be celebrities, and some of them are even Christians, for example?
The Shaykh: My dear, this is the way of all the innovators in this age; they take general texts and apply them to their innovations, and we seek help from Allah. This is imitating the disbelievers, without a doubt.
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