Is it permissible to observe a mourning period for someone other than a husband?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What kind of mourning? Mourning for a husband or for someone else?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it is mentioned inSahih Muslim 1486b.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, for someone other than a husband, more than three days is forbidden, and three days or less is permissible.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The Book of Zakah: It becomes obligatory with five conditions: freedom, Islam, ownership of the nisab, its stability, and the passage of a lunar year, except for the mu'ashshar."
The Shaykh : The mu'ashshar.
The questioner :"The mu'ashshar, except for the offspring of grazing livestock and the profit of trade, even if it does not reach the nisab. If their lunar year is the lunar year of their original capital, if it is a nisab, otherwise from its completion."
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
The Shaykh : What kind of mourning? Mourning for a husband or for someone else?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it is mentioned in
It is not permissible for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to mourn beyond three days except the husband (for whom she can mourn) for four months and ten days.
لا يحل لامرأة تؤمن بالله واليوم الأخر أن تُحدّ فوق ثلاث إلا على زوج أربعة أشهر وعشراThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, for someone other than a husband, more than three days is forbidden, and three days or less is permissible.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The Book of Zakah: It becomes obligatory with five conditions: freedom, Islam, ownership of the nisab, its stability, and the passage of a lunar year, except for the mu'ashshar."
The Shaykh : The mu'ashshar.
The questioner :"The mu'ashshar, except for the offspring of grazing livestock and the profit of trade, even if it does not reach the nisab. If their lunar year is the lunar year of their original capital, if it is a nisab, otherwise from its completion."
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.