Rasool of Rahmah, the Intercessor of the Ummah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘Whoever loves my Sunnah, loves me, and whoever loves me will be with me in Jannah.’ (Mishkat-ul-Masabih, vol.1, pp. 97, Hadees 175) O devotees of Rasool! Let’s have the privilege of listening to some Madani pearls about condolence. First of all read two blessed sayings of Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

  ۔1The one who offers condolence to the grieved is as much rewarded as the grieved.

 (Tirmizi, vol. 2, pp.  338, Hadees 1075)

  ۔2The believer who condoles with his troubled brother, Allah Almighty will make him wear the dress of Karamah on the Judgment Day. (Ibn Majah, Raqm 2, 268/1601)

  ٭Condolence means to advise a troubled person to have patience. Condolence is a Sunnah.

 (Bahar-e-Shari'at, vol. 1, pp. 852)

  ٭Condolence is also permissible even before the burial, but it is better to express condolences after the burial. It applies when the family members of the deceased do not wail; otherwise, condolences should be expressed before the burial to console them.

 (Al-Jauhara-tun-Nayyirah, pp. 141)

  ٭Only the Mahram of the woman should condole with her. It should be said while condoling: May Allah Almighty forgive the deceased and bless him with the space in His Jannah!

(Bahar-e-Shari'at, vol. 1, pp. 852)

  ٭There is no harm if the relatives of the deceased sit in his home so that people come to them to express their condolences. However, it is bad to sit at the door of the home or on a road after laying a dhurrie or carpet on it. (Al Durr-e-Mukhtar, vol. 3, pp. 176)

  ٭If people come to the home of the deceased after burying him and then go back to their homes after expressing condolences by chance, there is no harm in it, but it should not be practised as a custom. (Bahar-e-Shari'at, vol. 1, pp. 853)

  ٭The one who has already offered condolence once should not go to condole again as it is Makruh. (Durr-e-Mukhtar, pp. 177)