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NEW: Gathering in a place after a funeral to receive condolences and provide food - By Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Sālih Al-'Uthaimīn and Shaikh Al-Albāni

Question: The people have started taking liberties in the affair of condolences. So when a person dies, the people gather and food is prepared for them, and sacrifices are made. And when we say something to them, they respond: “The people are visiting us, are we not to feed them?” And when we caution them against sitting to receive condolences, they respond, “Where are we to host the people?” The…