Announcing a death in the mosque
Question: 3480
What is the ruling on the imaam of the
mosque giving an announcement every time someone in the neighbourhood passes away, by
saying after the prayer, “So and so has died, and the prayer for him will be in such
and such a place”?
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih
al-‘Uthaymeen, who responded as follows, may Allaah preserve him:
“I do not agree with this. It was not the custom of the salaf to
announce the death of someone so that the people could pray over him, except in the case
of a person of high standing in the society, such as a rich man who gave to benefit people
or a scholar, as the people would be interested in knowing about this news.”
And Allaah knows best.
Source:
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
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