What is the Sharia ruling on celebrating the fortieth day of a deceased person and their annual anniversary?
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The fortieth-day remembrance or the annual commemoration, and similar gatherings held for the deceased on any occasion, are innovations (bid'ah) in religion. They did not exist during the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, nor his Companions, nor in the preferred generations.
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