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Distributing food to guests during the mourning period
Question I would like to ask about a matter related to our customs during the period of azaa (mourning). In our culture, during the three-day azaa period for a deceased person, people contribute money from their own pockets-not from the family of the deceased-to prepare food for the guests who come to visit the family.…
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CARRYING OUT A ‘KHATAM’ FOR A NEWBORN OR THE DECEASED
Question When a child is born or someone dies, our family sometimes does something called a ‘khatam’, where everyone in the family gets one Juz of the Quran and they have–for example–one week to complete it. Then we all come together and someone recites the last verses of Juz 30. My family says this way…