So we can ask about what many people do, as it is often the case that advertisements are published in newspapers or magazines accepting condolences at so-and-so's home.
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The questioner : So we can ask about what many people do, as it is often the case that advertisements are published in newspapers or magazines accepting condolences at so-and-so's home, or accepting condolences at our home located at such-and-such. What is the ruling on advertising these condolences?
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that advertising this is disliked or forbidden, based on the view that gathering for it is disliked or forbidden.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If we say that gathering for it is forbidden, then advertising it becomes forbidden. If we say that gathering for it is disliked, then advertising it becomes disliked. It is also not befitting for the bereaved person to advertise this, even if it were assumed to be permissible, because it is not befitting to advertise, for the meaning of his advertising is that he is saying to people, "Come, offer me your condolences," or "Come, offer me your condolences." This is a matter that is not acceptable, of course, and is not praiseworthy in the Shari'ah. Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that advertising this is disliked or forbidden, based on the view that gathering for it is disliked or forbidden.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If we say that gathering for it is forbidden, then advertising it becomes forbidden. If we say that gathering for it is disliked, then advertising it becomes disliked. It is also not befitting for the bereaved person to advertise this, even if it were assumed to be permissible, because it is not befitting to advertise, for the meaning of his advertising is that he is saying to people, "Come, offer me your condolences," or "Come, offer me your condolences." This is a matter that is not acceptable, of course, and is not praiseworthy in the Shari'ah. Yes.