Al-Wadima food, a comparative jurisprudential study

Abstract

The study aimed to clarify the Shari'a ruling on the food of Al-Wadima with evidence, in addition to providing the legal evidence in the ruling on making food for the dead, reviewing some of the opinions of jurists, and clarifying the most correct ruling to this issue, with a statement of heresy and the Sunnah, with regard to making food for the dead. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher followed the descriptive and analytical approach by collecting scientific material that discussed making food for the dead, describing it, and extrapolating and analyzing texts. The study reached a set of results, most notably: Making food by the neighbors and relatives of the dead for the family of the deceased is a desirable Sunnah because they are preoccupied with their calamity, just as making food on the occasion of death and inviting people to it is forbidden if it is from the inheritance of the deceased and if it is restricted to the heirs or minors. It is also an abhorrent heresy if it is made from other than the inheritance of the deceased, and he hates accepting the invitation to it. And also making food and gathering on it is an abominable heresy, except which is made for the guests who come to the family of the deceased from afar to honor them, not for the sake of death.