Question
We have received this message. Please let us know if this is authentic and can be practiced upon. What are the correct practices at the mayyit house to be done? The message reads: ―This afternoon I attended a mayyit and was fortunate to get some nasiha from Apa Anisa Motala which I wish to share. Apa advised that as soon as the mayyit is taken for janaza and burial we should all speak good about the deceased. She enumerated a few good qualities of the deceased and asked us all to say at least 1 good thing about the deceased to the person sitting next to us. She said something to this effect that if 40 people speak good about the deceased it is wajib for Allah Azza WaJal to grant the deceased a good reckoning. She also asked us to read 250 times surah ikhlaas with bismillah and make esale sawaab for the deceased. She said when we at the mayyit we are out in the path of Allah and if one reads 250 surah ikhlaas or 250 times 1000 ayaat we will be raised with the sidiqeen, shuhada and saaliheen. She said if daily we make intention when we are cooking, cleaning that we doing it for the pleasure of Allah and in Allah's path and we read 250 surah ikhlaas we will also get the status of sidiqeen, shuhada and saaliheen. She also advised that we make wasiya to our men folk that after they bury us they must remain by our grave for about 1 and half hours and make esale sawaab for us, as this is the most crucial part of our barzakh and the esale sawaab will help us with our answering of the munkir and nakir. The dead person is like a drowning person who is seeking help and the esale sawaab will be of help. May Allah grant me the taufeeq to practice first.‖
Answer
The aunt is a jaahilah who is too big for her boots. Shaitaan is using her to create a bid'ah custom. Shaitaan approaches and traps via seemingly ‗deeni' channels. What the jaahilah aunt is endeavouring with her stunt has no relationship with the Sunnah. What she is propagating is not Sunnah for practicing at a Janaazah.
There is no specific Sunnah practice to observe at the house of the mayyit. The Sunnah is to hasten with the burial. There is no collective dua or talk or feasting, etc. for this occasion. All customs frauded on this occasion are shaitaani acts of bid'ah.
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- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 28 No 09
- PDF page
- 6
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Appears under THE BID’ATI AUNT IS A MORON. This heading is the nearest headline at or before the page and is approximate. Do not cite it alone.