Is it true that a deceased young man (from the age of puberty to 25 years old) has music played for him and is mourned with ululations, and is this considered an innovation (bid‘ah)?
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It is not permissible to accompany the deceased with music; rather, it is forbidden. And believing that this is obligatory is a grave innovation (bid'ah), because it is believing in the obligation of something that Allah Almighty has forbidden.
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