—there is no good in them under any circumstances, neither for the living nor for the dead.
• As for the living, they lose their time, exhaust their wealth, and become engrossed in innovations.
• As for the dead, these mourning assemblies and receptions bring them no benefit whatsoever.

The Shar‘i form of consolation is simply to pray for the deceased without setting up a gathering. One supplicates for him; every Muslim prays for his departed brother individually, without convening anywhere specific—at the grave, at home, or wherever he happens to be. If Allah accepts the supplication, its reward reaches the deceased effortlessly and without cost.

Preparing food for the bereaved household and giving it to them so that they can eat while they are too preoccupied to cook is something praiseworthy. The Prophet ﷺ commanded that food be prepared and presented to the family of the deceased, provided this is confined to them alone. To send food to the larger gathering or to the marquees, however, is impermissible, because it encourages the very assemblies of mourning. Food should be prepared exclusively for the deceased’s family, not for those who congregate at such assemblies, for that would assist them in reviving innovations.
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Reciting the Qur’an over the loudspeaker before the Friday Adhan
Question: The imam of our mosque does not give the first Adhan for Jumu‘ah. Instead, he merely recites Qur’an through the mosque’s loudspeaker from the time of the first Adhan until the second. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you.

Answer: He has abandoned the Sunnah and introduced an innovation, for the first Adhan is part of the practice of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs. ‘Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) instituted it during his caliphate when the population had grown large