Ruling on publishing condolences in newspapers

Question:
What is the ruling on publishing condolences in newspapers and replying to condolences in newspapers as well, and writing the noble verses that contain praise for the deceased?

Answer:
In newspapers, as far as I have heard, it entails a great deal of expense. One fears the extravagance, heavy costs without need. If one writes, "May Allah reward the family of so-and-so for their loss, and may Allah forgive him," there is no harm. But I have heard that it involves expense, and leaving it is better if there is expense. One can write to them, a letter, a telegram, and that is sufficient.
If there is hardship in the newspaper in terms of expenses, and it is not the kind of publicizing of death that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade. The publicizing of death that was forbidden was when the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when a person died, would send a man to go around the tribes to announce the death to them. This was from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. But if one writes a letter of condolence, or writes in the newspaper, "May Allah reward the family of so-and-so," there is nothing wrong with it. But if it entails expense and burden, it should be left; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the waste of wealth, and this is a waste of wealth. Writing, a letter to them, or a telegram, or a telephone call is sufficient.