Women standing up when the janaazah is picked up from the house

· 1 Rabiʻ I 1437 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I have attended many funeral gathering where I see that when the gents of the house carry the janaaza to take away for namaaz-e-janaaza, all the ladies gathered over there stand up. I want to know whether it is just a custom or this action has any relation to deen.

Answer

This is not a Sunnah practice.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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