Question
Nowadays there are programmes, discourses (written & oral) after a person dies where the person's qualities are overzealously praised, giving the implicit impression that it is a known fact that the person is in Jannah. I was under the impression that speaking good of the deceased meant that when the conversation came up in passing, good things should be said about the person. I did not envisage it entailing bayans, long written discourses etc. It's as if it's a competition to see who can eulogise using the most adjectives. Is there any substantiation in Shari'ah for these types of programmes and eulogies? (From U.K.)
Answer
Your understanding is, Alhamdulillah, 100% correct. Eulogies are not permissible. Eulogies are practices of the kuffaar. In Barzakh the Buzrug who is being eulogized by his ignorant and short -sighted followers and mureeds, is taunted by the Malaaikah who say to him: "Are you indeed so and so as is being sung of you?" This puts the Buzrug to shame. Eulogy is a form of 'athaab' for the deceased Buzrug.
These ignorant mureeds sing praises and compose eulogies on the basis of riya and to gratify their own nafs. There is no other benefit other than self-aggrandizement which is a nafsaani 'benefit' leading to Hell. If they had some valid Aql, they would not demean their intelligence with such stupidity, and more than this, they would not cause harm to their 'hadhrat/guru' who is put to shame in Barzakh on account of the stupid eulogies.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 26 No 02
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- 10
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