Mourning and Condolence

136 questions

What is the ruling on raising one's voice with the Qur’an through recorders in the house of the deceased?
Is it permissible to wear black clothes out of grief for the deceased, and for which relatives is this permissible, and what is the duration of mourning?
What is the ruling on traveling from one city to another within the Kingdom for condolence, and is that not permissible?
What is the ruling on my mother continuing to wear black and refusing to attend public events, as well as postponing my marriage, claiming grief over her parents and fear of what people might say, after more than a year has passed since his death?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on working in a project of renting wedding platforms (kushaf afraḥ) and their accessories, as well as furnishing for weddings and funerals, and is the income from it lawful or unlawful?
Is it from the Sunnah for the mourning period to last three days, with the last day being called "Yawm al-Tuloo’" (the Day of Ascent/Departure)?
What is the ruling on a woman whose husband has died leaving her, departing from her home before the completion of her iddah due to the death of her brother, and what expiation is incumbent upon her after 13 years have passed since the incident?
Question 1: What are the boundaries of the relationship between a Muslim and a Christian? Question 2: How accurate is the story of the Angel of Death weeping and laughing when seizing souls?
Is reciting Al-Fatihah collectively at a mourning gathering, after supplicating for the deceased, considered a Bidʻah Ḥasanah (good innovation), and what is its legal ruling if it is not?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a man boycotting some people because they did not offer him condolences on the death of his wife's father?
What is the ruling on a woman wearing gold during a mourning period?
Is it permissible for women to offer condolences for the deceased at the house of the deceased, and what is the extent of its legal validity, taking into account the absence of an explicit Quranic text or Prophetic hadith regarding women offering condolences, and what is the interpretation of Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen's recommendation not to accept condolences for him?
Is there any religious evidence in the Qur’an or Sunnah specifying the mourning period as three days?
What is said to the family of the deceased in condolences, and what is the ruling on saying, "May your head be safe" or "The remainder is in your life"?
Is it permissible, when we offer condolences to people, to have dinner at their place?
What is the ruling on going to the mourning tent to offer condolences to the deceased's family when one is unable to attend the burial and meet them to offer condolences? Does the ruling differ with or without the presence of a reciter? Does a dedicated events hall for condolences have the same ruling as a mourning tent? And is it permissible to offer condolences at the graveside by lining up to greet those offering condolences?
Is it permissible to use the money left by the father after his death to cover the expenses of the condolence gathering and burial, and then distribute the remainder among the heirs, with the male receiving the equivalent of two females’ shares?
What is the ruling on the supplications that are recited when attending a condolence gathering?
What is the ruling on offering condolences by raising the right hand instead of shaking hands after burial at the graveside? And should condolences be abandoned if this practice is an innovation?
Is offering condolences to the family of the deceased part of the religion or part of customs? And is a person rewarded for going to offer condolences to a friend who has lost a loved one?
What is the ruling on people gathering after burying the deceased, setting up a mourning tent (sawan), bringing a reciter to recite the Quran while they listen and drink tea and coffee, then feeding people food, and then they depart?
Is it permissible for the family of the deceased to designate a day and place to receive condolences while serving tea, and what are the conditions for offering condolences?
Is the money remaining after the father's death, as well as the death grant and funeral expenses disbursed to the mother, a right of the heirs, or does it belong solely to the mother, and must she return what was spent on the funeral and condolence from this money to be distributed among the heirs?
Is it Islamically permissible to be superstitious about a person who has directly offered condolences, believing that they may bring a bad omen?

Mourning and Condolence

What is the ruling on raising one's voice with the Qur’an through recorders in the house of the deceased?

Is it permissible to wear black clothes out of grief for the deceased, and for which relatives is this permissible, and what is the duration of mourning?

What is the ruling on traveling from one city to another within the Kingdom for condolence, and is that not permissible?

What is the ruling on my mother continuing to wear black and refusing to attend public events, as well as postponing my marriage, claiming grief over her parents and fear of what people might say, after more than a year has passed since his death?

What is the ruling of Islamic law on working in a project of renting wedding platforms (kushaf afraḥ) and their accessories, as well as furnishing for weddings and funerals, and is the income from it lawful or unlawful?

Is it from the Sunnah for the mourning period to last three days, with the last day being called "Yawm al-Tuloo’" (the Day of Ascent/Departure)?

What is the ruling on a woman whose husband has died leaving her, departing from her home before the completion of her iddah due to the death of her brother, and what expiation is incumbent upon her after 13 years have passed since the incident?

Question 1: What are the boundaries of the relationship between a Muslim and a Christian? Question 2: How accurate is the story of the Angel of Death weeping and laughing when seizing souls?

Is reciting Al-Fatihah collectively at a mourning gathering, after supplicating for the deceased, considered a Bidʻah Ḥasanah (good innovation), and what is its legal ruling if it is not?

What is the ruling of Islamic law on a man boycotting some people because they did not offer him condolences on the death of his wife's father?

What is the ruling on a woman wearing gold during a mourning period?

Is there any religious evidence in the Qur’an or Sunnah specifying the mourning period as three days?

What is said to the family of the deceased in condolences, and what is the ruling on saying, "May your head be safe" or "The remainder is in your life"?

Is it permissible, when we offer condolences to people, to have dinner at their place?

Is it permissible to use the money left by the father after his death to cover the expenses of the condolence gathering and burial, and then distribute the remainder among the heirs, with the male receiving the equivalent of two females’ shares?

What is the ruling on the supplications that are recited when attending a condolence gathering?

What is the ruling on offering condolences by raising the right hand instead of shaking hands after burial at the graveside? And should condolences be abandoned if this practice is an innovation?

Is offering condolences to the family of the deceased part of the religion or part of customs? And is a person rewarded for going to offer condolences to a friend who has lost a loved one?

What is the ruling on people gathering after burying the deceased, setting up a mourning tent (sawan), bringing a reciter to recite the Quran while they listen and drink tea and coffee, then feeding people food, and then they depart?

Is it permissible for the family of the deceased to designate a day and place to receive condolences while serving tea, and what are the conditions for offering condolences?

Is the money remaining after the father's death, as well as the death grant and funeral expenses disbursed to the mother, a right of the heirs, or does it belong solely to the mother, and must she return what was spent on the funeral and condolence from this money to be distributed among the heirs?

Is it Islamically permissible to be superstitious about a person who has directly offered condolences, believing that they may bring a bad omen?