In Zambia, a growing trend is to delay the janaazah salaah and burial in order to allow close family members of the deceased to travel from out of the

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It is haraam to delay the Janaazah Salaat and Dafan (Burial) for no valid reason. It is not permissible to delay in expectation of family and friends arriving from other cities. This delay is a haraam cus-

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Branch: Berry's Corner, Port Elizabeth Sort Code: 051001 Mujlisul Ulama of SA ABSA Bank A/c no. 40 8255 6635 Port Elizabeth tom which exists in all countries. The Ulama are vastly to be blamed for this haraam practice. They are in open defiance of the command of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to bury immediately. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Make haste with the Janaazah. If the mayyit was pious, then the abode you are sending him/her is better. If he/ she was not pious, then quickly get rid of it from your necks." Our Nabi (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) also said:

"When the Janaazah is ready and the men load it on to their shoulders, then if the mayyit was pious, it says: 'Make haste, send me forth.' And, if he/she was not pious, he/she wails and says to his/her family: 'Where are you taking it (the janaazah)? Its wailing is heard by all things except by humans. If humans could hear it (the fearful wailing), they would collapse unconscious." The gathering of women at the mayyit's house is an added evil which aggravates the sin.