In our place when some one dies for ijtmahi fatheha (dua)is taken in the mosque, for 2 or there hours.a Qari recites the Holy Quran,s few Ayats or a surah then ijtamhi dua. People come & goes for these 2 or 3 hours some sit out side the mosque in the sehin of the mosque & talk with each others.is it allowed to have dua for death in mosque. is these type of dua allowed in ISLAM. I have herad that the hloy prophet (P.B.U.H) says not to gather on death in the mosque is it ture.
Answer:
(Fatwa: 886/886/M=1432)
We do not know any such hadith which asks ‘not to gather in mosque on death’. It is not unlawful to supplicate for the dead person and do isal-e-thawab (deliver the rewards of tilawat etc) for him, but it is not necessary to fix any particular day and time for the same. However, having a custom of gathering in mosque for collective dua and fatiha as mentioned above is not right.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband