What is the ruling on what some women do during condolences, where they gather in one house and then offer condolences to those who have lost someone?
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The Shaykh : He said: What is the ruling on what women do for condolences, where they gather in the house of one of them and other women come to them to offer condolences, and what men do, where they line up in a single row in the cemetery and people pass by to offer them condolences? As for the first, the scholars stated that gathering for condolences is disliked, and some explicitly stated that it is a religious innovation, whether by men or women. If preparing food is added to it, it becomes part of wailing, as mentioned in the hadith of Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali, who said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1612Da’if (Darussalam) As for the people lining up for condolences in the cemetery, I do not know of anything to say that it is a religious innovation or not a religious innovation. However, people make excuses that this is easier for those offering condolences, instead of looking left and right to find someone to offer condolences to. By lining up here, they have done so, but I personally do not like it because I fear it will develop into other innovative matters. And this says yes, he says.
