The ruling on the custom of holding a lecture in the deceased's home on the third day
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Question:
This questioner, Hasan Ismail from Yemen, we reviewed one of his questions in a previous session. He has this remaining question: "Your Eminence, on the third day after a person's death, a lecture is held in the deceased's home, and a group of people attend it. Is this practice permissible, or is it a religious innovation?"
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
Making it a custom to hold a lecture in the deceased's home on the third day, or to serve food, or something similar, is not part of the Shari'ah in any way; rather, it is a religious innovation. However, if it is an occasional occurrence where people come to greet the deceased's family and offer their condolences, and some people remind them of Allah, there is nothing wrong with it as an occasional matter. But making this a custom and an established practice on the third, second, fourth, or fifth day—holding a celebration, a sermon, a khutbah, or eating—is a religious innovation. We ask Allah for guidance for all of us. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner, Hasan Ismail from Yemen, we reviewed one of his questions in a previous session. He has this remaining question: "Your Eminence, on the third day after a person's death, a lecture is held in the deceased's home, and a group of people attend it. Is this practice permissible, or is it a religious innovation?"
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows:
Making it a custom to hold a lecture in the deceased's home on the third day, or to serve food, or something similar, is not part of the Shari'ah in any way; rather, it is a religious innovation. However, if it is an occasional occurrence where people come to greet the deceased's family and offer their condolences, and some people remind them of Allah, there is nothing wrong with it as an occasional matter. But making this a custom and an established practice on the third, second, fourth, or fifth day—holding a celebration, a sermon, a khutbah, or eating—is a religious innovation. We ask Allah for guidance for all of us. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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