Is what the tribe does, collecting 10 dinars from each head of household to support the deceased's family with 1000 dinars to cover the funeral expenses, considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
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What the questioner mentioned about gathering and preparing food after burying the deceased is considered an innovation (bid'ah) and a prohibited form of wailing (niyaha), as narrated by Imam Ahmad from Jarir ibn Abdullah Al-Bajali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "We used to consider gathering at the deceased's family and preparing food after his burial as a form of wailing." Therefore, it is not permissible to cooperate in such acts; rather, they must be abandoned, for Allah Almighty says: (And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.)
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