Mourning and Condolence

• What are the rulings concerning the deceased?
• Is it permissible to enter churches for condolences and to listen to their discourse, which involves polytheism (shirk) with Allah?
• What is the ruling on subscribing to a charity that collects donations to purchase mourning provisions such as food, drink, chairs, and tents?
• What is the ruling on what is known as the Prophetic dhikr in women's mourning gatherings, which includes beating the duff (tambourines), saying "Allahu Akbar" (takbirat), and reciting "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" (talbiyah) like during Hajj?
• Is it permissible to offer condolences to my brother's wife for my brother's (passing)?
• What is the Islamic way of offering condolences? And what is the ruling on mourning gatherings?
• Is it reprehensible to make mention of Allah silently to oneself while offering condolences to the bereaved at the cemetery due to the lengthy wait, knowing that there is a fatwa from the Permanent Committee deeming the remembrance of Allah inside the cemetery reprehensible?
• Should the husband be informed about the death of the paternal uncle, or should that be left unmentioned, knowing that he might have seen the condolence image on WhatsApp and that today is the last day of mourning?
• Is it permissible for the family of the deceased (men and women) to perfume themselves during a condolence gathering, or is it exclusive to the deceased's wife and daughters?
• ما حكم العزاء للميت في البيت بعد دفنه؟
• What is the ruling on distributing booklets and leaflets and delivering lectures at a condolence gathering to control the behavior of some women?
• Is it legitimate for the family of the deceased to stand in a single line after the burial to receive condolences? And what is the evidence for that?
• Is it permissible to offer condolences to the relatives of someone killed for apostasy or for brigandage?
• What does the bereaved say to the one offering condolences on the death of a relative?
• Is it permissible to offer condolences to the family of one who died in Syria, claiming it was for jihad, or is that not permissible on the grounds that it is considered terrorism?
• Is there a specific, limited formula to be said when offering condolences?
• Is it permissible to refrain from adornment, such as henna, out of grief for the deceased, and is it necessary to wait a year after their death before adorning oneself?
• What is the ruling on saying, "May Allah have mercy on them," when offering condolences for deceased non-Muslims?
• Is a condolence gathering held for a deliberate murderer after the death penalty has been carried out on him?
• What is the ruling on placing the Quran and reading it in the house of the deceased with the intention of reward for him, and is it permissible to wash the body of the deceased who did not pray, and is it obligatory to designate a specific place and time for condolences, and how should condolences be offered, and is it permissible to stand in a line for condolences at the graveyard?
• Is it permissible for my husband to speak on the phone with the wife of his deceased friend to check on her and her son, knowing that she communicates with him religiously via email, and that my husband does not believe the verse: "Then do not be soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is disease should covet" applies to her?
• What is the ruling on distributing money among women at a condolence gathering?
• What is the ruling on holding condolence gatherings for three days after a death? Is listening to or reciting the Qur’an during these gatherings, and likewise delivering sermons as a reminder for patience, considered an innovation (bid‘ah)? Is supplicating for the deceased collectively after washing the body an innovation, or must each individual supplicate on their own?
• Must all the conditions of the waiting period (iddah) be observed for a deceased husband, despite severe disagreements and continuous abuse from him, while limiting oneself to not marrying or adorning, and sufficing with family visits, work, and recreational places for children?