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?
It is permissible for women to offer condolences to the deceased's family in the deceased's home, because the ruling on offering condolences is general, and what is mentioned concerning men includes women, unless there is a specific religious text that differentiates. The proof of permissibility is the hadith: "There is no believer who offers condolences to his brother concerning a calamity except that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will clothe him with garments from Paradise." As for the will of Ibn Uthaymeen regarding not accepting condolences, it is thought that he meant not holding innovative mourning gatherings, not the original, legislated act of offering condolences.
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