Is admonishing people while they are gathered for a funeral gathering an innovation?
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The questioner : If one sits in a funeral gathering with the intention of reminding them, here meaning there are sinners present, is this an innovation?
The Shaykh : It is undoubtedly necessary for a person who comes to a group gathered for a funeral to say to them, "O my brothers, this is a decree that is written and inevitable. To Allah belongs what He gives and what He takes, and everything with Him is by a specified term." Advising them so that they disperse is good. But what remains is the one who delivers a sermon as if he is saying, "Persist in what you are doing."
The questioner : No, he did not approve of their sitting; he disapproved of the sitting. But he sits and reminds them?
The Shaykh : It does not contradict ordinary sitting without a sermon.
The Shaykh : It is undoubtedly necessary for a person who comes to a group gathered for a funeral to say to them, "O my brothers, this is a decree that is written and inevitable. To Allah belongs what He gives and what He takes, and everything with Him is by a specified term." Advising them so that they disperse is good. But what remains is the one who delivers a sermon as if he is saying, "Persist in what you are doing."
The questioner : No, he did not approve of their sitting; he disapproved of the sitting. But he sits and reminds them?
The Shaykh : It does not contradict ordinary sitting without a sermon.