The discussion regarding the categories of wedding feasts.
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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 all his Companions.
We have previously mentioned that wedding feasts are divided into categories.
The questioner : Forbidden.
The Shaykh : Some of them are forbidden, such as the condolence feast. What is the evidence for the prohibition of the condolence feast?
The questioner : The hadith of Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali, who said: "We used to consider gathering at the home of the deceased and preparing food to be part of wailing", and wailing is one of the major sins.
The Shaykh : And wailing is one of the major sins. May Allah reward you. The second one is not the third; the second is from the category of what is permissible. We mentioned to you the category of what is disliked if it involves extravagance. Yes, we qualified it: if it involves extravagance. Yes, the third one.
The questioner : The permissible wedding feast.
The Shaykh : The permissible one. Everything except what is recommended, what is forbidden, and what is disliked. Good.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is recommended, and it is the wedding feast. Well done. These are the categories of wedding feasts. The ruling on responding to these feasts is the same as the ruling on the feast itself, except for the wedding feast, for which the feast is a recommended practice and responding to it is obligatory. This is why the author said... Yes, let us start from the beginning because we have not read it.
We have previously mentioned that wedding feasts are divided into categories.
The questioner : Forbidden.
The Shaykh : Some of them are forbidden, such as the condolence feast. What is the evidence for the prohibition of the condolence feast?
The questioner : The hadith of Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali, who said: "We used to consider gathering at the home of the deceased and preparing food to be part of wailing", and wailing is one of the major sins.
The Shaykh : And wailing is one of the major sins. May Allah reward you. The second one is not the third; the second is from the category of what is permissible. We mentioned to you the category of what is disliked if it involves extravagance. Yes, we qualified it: if it involves extravagance. Yes, the third one.
The questioner : The permissible wedding feast.
The Shaykh : The permissible one. Everything except what is recommended, what is forbidden, and what is disliked. Good.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is recommended, and it is the wedding feast. Well done. These are the categories of wedding feasts. The ruling on responding to these feasts is the same as the ruling on the feast itself, except for the wedding feast, for which the feast is a recommended practice and responding to it is obligatory. This is why the author said... Yes, let us start from the beginning because we have not read it.