The remainder of the answer to: What is the ruling on announcing a death in a car, preparing food for the condolence guests, and hiring a reciter to read the Qur'an at the condolence gathering for a fee?
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The Shaykh : First: It is of the kind of announcing a death that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade. Indeed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid announcing a death, which is informing people of the deceased's death, except if the deceased has not yet been buried and we are informed of his death in order to increase the number of people praying for him. For it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that: .
Second: This practice is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and we have been forbidden from imitating them.
Third: It is wailing, where people gather with the family of the deceased, prepare food, and eat it.
Fourth: It includes a forbidden matter, which is hiring someone to read the Qur'an. Indeed, this is a forbidden act, because the Qur'an is not recited except as an act of devotion to Allah, and that which is not done except as an act of devotion to Allah is not valid to take a fee for.
As for the deceased benefiting from it, he certainly does not benefit. Rather, the Prophet (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him) said:. So he is punished for this act, and he does not benefit from the reciter's reading, because this reciter has no reward; he hastened his reward by what he took as a fee, so he has no share in the Hereafter. And if he has no reward in the Hereafter, then the deceased does not benefit from anything.
Therefore, it is obligatory to warn those who do this matter and to caution them against it, and to make them know that in it there is only the wasting of money, the wasting of time, and falling into sins, and refuge is sought in Allah. Yes.
The Negus was announced as dead on the day he died, and he ordered the people, so they went out and prayed for him.
نعى النجاشي في اليوم الذي مات فيه وأمر الناس فخرجوا فصلوا عليهSecond: This practice is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and we have been forbidden from imitating them.
Third: It is wailing, where people gather with the family of the deceased, prepare food, and eat it.
Fourth: It includes a forbidden matter, which is hiring someone to read the Qur'an. Indeed, this is a forbidden act, because the Qur'an is not recited except as an act of devotion to Allah, and that which is not done except as an act of devotion to Allah is not valid to take a fee for.
As for the deceased benefiting from it, he certainly does not benefit. Rather, the Prophet (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him) said:
The deceased is indeed punished by the wailing over him.
إن الميت ليعذب بما نيح عليهTherefore, it is obligatory to warn those who do this matter and to caution them against it, and to make them know that in it there is only the wasting of money, the wasting of time, and falling into sins, and refuge is sought in Allah. Yes.